The International Implant Foundation (IF®) is THE competent body for dental implantology and has specialized already for a number of years on methods which help to get patients their fixed teeth back instantly. The IF is a medically-guided, not-for-profit organization, formed by a global network of surgeons and prosthetic therapists, and the premier education, innovation, and research organization for the treatment with oral implants in a functional immediate loading protocol. The Foundation issues its own scientific journal in oral and maxillofacial implantology: CMF Implant Directions. This journal appeared for the first time in the year 2006. The advisory board of this journal includes leading implantologists and maxillofacial surgeons from around the world.