has been initiated in 1988 by Prof. Champy - Strasbourg, Prof. Pape - Cologne, Prof. Gerlach - Cologne and Mr. Leen de Zeeuw -  Tuttlingen.

In 1989, twenty European Oral- and Maxillofacial surgeons came together in Obernai/Strasbourg to form a group of scientists, aiming to encourage and promote the use of the "Strasbourg Miniplate Osteosynthesis Technique" world-wide.

Today we have come very close to achieving our goal to establish the Champy technique as the "Golden Standard" in the treatment of mandibular fractures. This was only possible because of the excellent clinical and scientific research work as well as hundreds of lectures and workshops performed around the globe.