Terms and conditions
"VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD"

The following conditions apply for participation in and submission for the VITA Excellence Award 2023 from VITA Zahnfabrik GmbH & Co. KG.

VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD

The competition opens Oct. 6, 2022 at 12:00 a.m.
The submission deadline is Jan. 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

1. Organizer

The organizer is

VITA Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
Spitalgasse 3
D-79713 Bad Säckingen 
Telephone: +49 (0) 7761 / 5 62 - 0
info (at) vita-zahnfabrik.com

The VITA website is https://www.vita-zahnfabrik.com.

The VITA website is www.facebook.com/vita.zahnfabrik

2. Content, determination of the winner and issuance of the prize

The competition takes place from Oct. 6, 2022, 12:00 a.m. through Jan. 20, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Participation is free of cost. To participate, please send in the documentation of patient cases using VITAPAN EXCELL denture teeth by email to excellenceaward@vita-zahnfabrik.com. The participation documents may be submitted in German, English, Spanish, French or Italian. The four-person jury (Karl-Heinz Körholz, Marc Wagenseil, Urban Christen and Dr. Michael Tholey) will select the winning report from the submitted patient case documentation:

Evaluation criteria (weighting in %):

Esthetics of the work item (25%)
Function of the work item or of the outcome (35%)
Documentation of the case (30%)
Work preparation (10%)

The case documentation must include the following documents:

1.)           Patient images:

               •              without teeth

               •              with bite registration

               •              results (smiling patient)

2.)           Models in the articulator including model analysis (preferably two different images)

3.)           Setup + optional try-in in the patient's mouth

4.)           Finishing before individualization or additionally after individualization

               (eight images altogether)

5.)           Summary as to why the tooth shape was chosen.

The winner selected by the jury will receive one night's hotel accommodation, including breakfast at the time of the IDS 2023, which takes place from ... to ... in Cologne, as well as an Apple iPad Pro 12.9 inch with the engraving "VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2023." The winner will also have the opportunity to present their patient case in a 20-minute presentation at the IDS.

The selection of the winning patient case will take place no later than Feb. 15, 2023. The winner will be contacted personally and published on the landing page of the VITA EXCELLENCE AWARD website, beginning Feb. 15, 2023. An announcement on social media is also planned. The iPad Pro prize will then be awarded after consultation with the winner at IDS 2023.

The hotel accommodation, the presentation of the prize and any presentation on the winning patient case documentation as part of IDS will be planned together with the winner prior to the IDS (in the period after the announcement of the winner from Feb. 15, 2023).

There is no later claim to the delivery of the prize.

3. Eligible persons

Legal representatives and employees of VITA Zahnfabrik and their relatives and domestic partners are excluded from participation.

Only persons over the age of 18 can participate in the competition.

Only patients' own case documentation can be submitted. In the event of actual or attempted manipulation, VITA Zahnfabrik reserves the right to exclude entrants without reason.

4. Necessary information and data protection

In order to register for the competition, the full name, address and email address must be provided in the participation documents.

By participating in this competition, the participant accepts these conditions of participation and agrees that their personal data can be used for the implementation of the competition, for the announcement of the winner and for reporting on the award ceremony on VITA's Facebook page and other social media platforms. He or she also agrees that the patient case documentation, including the submitted image material, may be used by VITA Zahnfabrik. The granting of rights has no restrictions with regards to space and time and applies to all forms of media. The rights of use granted also include the authorization to archive the submitted works in a media database. In terms of content, the granting of rights is limited to the marketing and advertising of dental products.

VITA is entitled to grant its economically affiliated companies, business partners, dealers, dentists and dental laboratories a non-exclusive right to use the patient case documentation.

The participant affirms that he or she is entitled to grant rights to the extent described above. Furthermore, the participant assures that he or she is the author of the patient case documentation.

The personal data of the non-winning participants will be deleted after the competition has concluded. Your patient case documentation will not be used for marketing or advertising, nor will it be shared with any third party.

In addition, please see the data protection declaration of the organizer

Data protection (vita-zahnfabrik.com)

 from which further information relevant to data protection can be found.

 5. Applicable law

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies exclusively to all legal relationships arising from or in connection with this competition or the underlying conditions of participation.