DGAO Aligner Congress 2024

The DGAO Congress for Aligner Orthodontics

Every two years, the DGAO organizes a scientific aligner congress that presents the different systems, the latest scientific findings and practical experience from internationally renowned speakers. The accompanying industrial exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of the current products for all aspects of aligner therapy.

Congress 2024

Dear colleagues,

It is a very special honor and pleasure for me, as the newly elected President of the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics, to be able to welcome you all to our International Congress 2024, which takes place every two years in Cologne. This is the opportunity to bring together the world's leading experts from practice and research who are committed to the further development of aligner orthodontics as speakers for an exchange. We have all seen how aligner technology has developed further in our practices - of course the DGAO has accompanied and promoted this.

Our congress is the platform to present and discuss these innovative techniques. We are making a significant contribution to improving the quality of life of our many patients worldwide through our treatments. We never stand still, we continually develop ourselves and our treatment techniques.

We look forward to inspiring lectures, analysis of case studies and also the presentation of new, groundbreaking technologies. This congress not only expands our knowledge, but also contributes to strengthening our collegial community and networking for everyone involved.

I would also like to thank our organizers, sponsors and of course all participants, because without their support this fantastic congress would not be possible. I am pleased to welcome you to the DGAO Congress 2024, preferably in person, but also online, because we will hold this congress as a “hybrid” event.

Your Ralf J. Radlanski
President of the DGAO

DGAO Congress 2024

22.11. – 23.11.2024 | Cologne
21.11.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX | Digital pre-conference
  • 2-day specialist conference on aligner orthodontics

  • 25+ specialist lectures on the subject of aligner therapy

  • 30+ trade exhibitors of aligner therapy

  • 650+ trade visitors of orthodontics

  • Presentation of the DGAO Promotional Prize 2022

You can find more information in the accompanying program booklet.

General Questions

With 28 speakers, 250 participants and 18 exhibitors, the 1st Scientific Congress for Aligner Orthodontics of the DGAO eV started in November 2010 in Cologne's InterContinental, today the Dorint Hotel am Heumarkt. A success across the board.

Since then, four more face-to-face events have followed with steadily increasing numbers of participants and exhibitors, which resulted in a move to Cologne's Gürzenich. Most recently, due to the pandemic, the 1st Virtual Congress was held, at which the DGAO welcomed 700 international participants. A unique, interactive 3D exhibition platform crowned this first digital event.

This year, the DGAO eV is organizing a hybrid congress in Cologne's Gürzenich, at which numerous renowned speakers will once again present their scientific contributions to the international audience. An extensive industrial exhibition and the gala evening at SkyKöln complete the program.

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Facts

congresses

7

lectures

180+

Trade visitors

2.500+

trade exhibitors

150+

Impressions

Archive

ALIGNER ORTHODONTICS – from planning to the result

The German Society for Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO) has once again proven its pioneering role with its 7th Scientific Congress in Gürzenich, Cologne. After a purely digital annual conference during the pandemic, the congress on November 18th and 19th, 2022 offered an impressive return to the live format, supplemented by the option of online participation. Under the main theme “ALIGNER ORTHODONTICS – from planning to results”, the congress brought together leading experts from all over the world who shared their knowledge about the possibilities and limitations of aligner treatment.

With Dr. Julia Haubrich, at the helm, managed to put together a first-class list of speakers that offered a wide range of specialist knowledge. The digital pre-congress and the legendary gala evening on the first day of the congress set additional highlights. The accompanying exhibition also showed the latest innovations in the dental industry. Overall, the DGAO Congress 2022 offered a unique platform for specialist knowledge, exchange and inspiration, which thrilled participants both on site and digitally.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2022 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2022 (pdf)

Aligner orthodontics between science and practice

After the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO) was forced to cancel its 6th scientific congress in Cologne in November, more than 700 participants recently enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the latest developments and possibilities for treatment with aligners at the to follow the world's 1st virtual aligner congress. The positive response to this virtual concept once again underlines the pioneering role of the DGAO when it comes to breaking new ground.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2021 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2021 (pdf)

Current status and future prospects of aligner therapy

This was the motto of the 5th Scientific Congress for Aligner Orthodontics. Almost 700 participants from 29 countries expressed their interest in the latest developments and possibilities of treatment with aligners and accepted the invitation of the DGAO eV to the Gürzenich in Cologne. With this recent increase in attendance, the event underscores the importance of aligner therapy in orthodontics and the need for guidance and education in the growing aligner market. Thanks to its many years of congress experience, the DGAO, as a competent organizer, was once again able to attract many well-known international speakers with their current contributions for the two-day, top-class programme. Through the imparted knowledge on practice and research, the scientific congress for aligner orthodontics presents itself to its global participants as the world's most important, manufacturer-independent congress in this field.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2018 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2018 (pdf)

Aligners and no end in sight

The 18th Scientific Congress of the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO) took place in Cologne from November 19th to 2016th, 4. Treatment with aligners in orthodontics has long been much more than a marginal phenomenon. The 4th Scientific Congress for Aligner Orthodontics was able to demonstrate this again impressively. More than 600 participants from 25 countries showed their interest in the latest developments and possibilities of aligner therapy and accepted the invitation of the DGAO eV to Cologne. With its decades of experience, this company, as the organizer of the world's most important, manufacturer-independent aligner congress, was once again able to find many well-known international speakers who gave the participants the greatest possible gain in knowledge for their practice.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2016 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2016 (pdf)

“Nothing stays the same” – 3rd Scientific DGAO Congress

With an impressive number of participants, the 21./22. The scientific congress for aligner orthodontics took place in November. Around 550 orthodontists interested in aligner therapy traveled to Cologne to find out about new developments in this treatment technique and to exchange experiences at the conference, which was being held for the third time after 2010 and 2012. The conference president was again this year Dr. Julia Haubrich, who, together with the DGAO board, had set up a scientific program that included many a lecture highlight. One of these highlights was B. the contribution of Prof. Dr. Erwin Keeve. In his lecture “Future of robot-assisted surgery”, he gave an interesting outlook into the future of robotics and navigation, looking beyond the aligners, which – if you observe the development of digital processes in dentistry alone in the last five years – sooner or later will also affect the orthodontics department.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2014 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2014 (pdf)

Aligners instead of Kölle Alaaf

On November 23rd and 24th, 2012 the 2nd Scientific Congress of the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO) took place in Cologne. On the last weekend in November, well over 450 participants followed the invitation of the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics, not the Cologne fool's call, but to attend the 2nd Scientific Congress of the DGAO in the venerable Gürzenich in Cologne.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2012 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2012 (pdf)

A complete success with over 300 participants

With 320 participants, 32 internationally renowned speakers and 18 industry partners, the 1st Scientific Congress for Aligner Orthodontics in Cologne at the end of November 2010 was a complete success. The organiser, the German Society for Aligner Orthodontics (DGAO), drew a consistently positive conclusion.

For two days, specialist lectures on a wide variety of aspects of all existing aligner systems were held in the conference rooms of the renowned InterContinental Hotel in Cologne. The interested specialist audience was able to exchange ideas with internationally renowned experts in a pleasant atmosphere. The 1st Scientific Congress for Aligner Orthodontics was the largest manufacturer-independent event to date, which offered a forum specifically for aligner therapy.

» Program booklet DGAO Congress 2010 (pdf)
» Press release DGAO Congress 2010 (pdf)