German Society for Geriatric Dentistry
| German Society for Geriatric Dental Medicine (DGAZ) |
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| legal form | e. V. |
| purpose | Dental Society |
| Seat | Berlin |
| founding | 1990/2006
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| place | Polyclinic for Dental Prosthetics and Materials Science 04103 Leipzig |
| President | Ina Nitschke |
| Vice President (s) | Christoph Benz |
| Secretary General | Klaus-Peter Wefers, |
| Board | Dirk Bleiel, Treasurer Hansmartin Spatzier, Secretary |
| Members | 787 |
| Website | www.dgaz.org |
The German Society for Geriatric Dentistry e. V. ( spelling German Society for Gerostomatology) ( DGAZ , formerly Working Group for Gerostomatology eV (AKG)) is a non-profit association that represents the interests of senior dentistry at national and international level as a scientific specialist society. The DGAZ is an associated member of the German Society for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine .
tasks
Meetings
The DGAZ holds an annual scientific conference every two years, if the members decide internally only for the members. Annual meetings often take place in close temporal and spatial proximity with the coordination conference of speakers for geriatric dentistry of the German Dental Association (BZÄK).
Advanced training
Further training courses are held for dentists , doctors and nursing professionals , among others . Among other things, there is a qualifying further training to become a specialist in senior dentistry.
Certifications
Qualified trained specialists have the opportunity to have their practice / clinic certified as particularly senior-friendly.
Scholarships / Awards Scholarships and awards are given.
Participation in committees In
addition to scientific projects, the DGAZ also supports the professional political committee work of the German Dental Association (BZÄK) and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (KZBV) in the field of senior dentistry. She was u. a. involved in the development of the A and B concept, which is the basis for the structural and fee-related promotion of outreach care.
The DGAZ is the sponsoring and partner organization of Gesundheitsziel.de and is a member of working group 10 “Aging healthily”.
The DGAZ supports the Federal Working Group of Senior Citizens' Organizations (BAGSO) in the project "In Age In Form" through lectures and participation in nationwide events.
history
In 1990 Klaus-Peter Wefers, then senior physician at the Polyclinic for Dental Prosthetics in Giessen, initiated the establishment of the Gerostomatology Working Group. V. (AKG) as a non-profit association. From an assembly of 30 representatives from universities, dentists' associations, initiative groups and municipal health authorities, the founding contract signed: Egon Banger, Karl-Wilhelm Helmus, Michael Höcker, Rolf Hüttemann, Wolfgang Ischebeck, Eveline Meyer, Ekkard Mizgalski, Ina Nitschke, Horst Pantke, Gottfried Pellengahr , Ivo Pfütz, Helmut Stark and Klaus-Peter Wefers.
Klaus-Peter Wefers (1st chairman), Eveline Meyer (2nd chairwoman), Ina Nitschke (treasurer) and Egon Banger (secretary) were elected as the founding board. In the following years project and regional groups were formed and close cooperation with thematically related bodies and associations developed. Internationally, the AKG was recognized by the European College of Gerodontology (ECG) as a German “partner company”.
Since 1996 the DGAZ has also been cooperating with the Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations. V. (BAGSO). After Peter Huber, Ilse Weinfurtner has been the DGAZ's representative at BAGSO since 2017. The DGAZ is actively involved in the German Seniors' Day.
On September 11, 2000, the AKG made an association with the DGZMK. In 2002 the umbrella association of Gerontological and Geriatric Scientific Societies in Germany (dvgg) was founded with the participation of the AKG. This foundation arose from the desire to strengthen the interdisciplinary cooperation of experts in the field of aging research, to improve the dialogue with politics and to represent the concerns of older people more effectively in public. After the cooperation between the various disciplines had started, the association was no longer necessary, so this activity was ended.
Since 2006 the professional society has been called the German Society for Old Age Dental Medicine e. V. (DGAZ).
Honorary members
- 1996: Peter Witzel
- 1999: Jürgen Junge
- 2002: Klaus-Peter Wefers
- 2016: Hans Peter Huber
Publications
Journal of Seniors Dentistry
Together with Quintessenz Fachverlag, Berlin, the DGAZ has been publishing the edited journal Senioren-Zahnmedizin since 2013. It appears three times a year; every member receives it. The editor-in-chief is the President of the DGAZ, Ina Nitschke.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mission statement , German Society for Geriatric Dentistry, accessed on July 13, 2019.
- ↑ statutes , Society of age dentistry, Retrieved on July 13 of 2019.
- ↑ Concept of oral health despite handicap and old age , KZBV, accessed on July 13, 2019,
- ↑ Health goals , working group 10 “Aging healthily”. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ↑ Age in the form of the BAGSO . Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ↑ About us , German Society for Geriatric Dentistry, accessed on July 13, 2019,
- ↑ Zeitschrift für Senioren-Zahnmedizin , Quintessenz Fachverlag, accessed on July 13, 2019,