Institute of German Dentists

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Institute of German Dentists
organization research Institute
founding 1980
Seat Universitätsstr. 73, 50931 Cologne
Scientific Director A. Rainer Jordan
Deputy Scientific Director David Klingenberger
Head of the ZZQ Regine Chenot
Website www.idz.institute

The Institute of German Dentists ( IDZ ) is an organizationally independent research facility sponsored by the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (KZBV) and the German Dental Association - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Zahnärztekammern e. V. (BZÄK) based in Cologne.

It provides reliable, independent research results in the complex field of health research . The IDZ research projects provide scientific data and problem analyzes for the further development of the dental care structure in the healthcare system. The IDZ was founded in 1980 and conducts practice-relevant research and scientific advice within the scope of the tasks of the KZBV and BZÄK for the professional and ethical policy of dentists in Germany. The IDZ has 11 employees.

Research priorities and series

The IDZ deals with a large number of questions from the broad spectrum of topics in health care research and epidemiology, health economics and health systems research, dental professional research and medical sociology as well as health psychology. The Center for Dental Quality (ZZQ) deals with questions about quality promotion.

The results of the research work and other scientific activities of the IDZ are published in book publications (series of materials, series of brochures, special volumes). In addition, the IDZ publishes the free online journal Dentistry, Research and Supply , which appears at irregular intervals and reports briefly on current research topics. To promote national and international knowledge transfer, study results are also published in international specialist journals.

German oral health studies

Logo DMS V

The most important series of studies of the IDZ and at the same time the largest of its kind in Germany is the German Oral Health Study . The fifth edition (DMS V) of this systematic survey of oral health in Germany was carried out from October 2013 to June 2014 in a total of 90 examination communities with the help of dental examinations and detailed surveys.

A total of 4,000 participants were randomly selected from the registry offices selected the appropriate communities and asked for their cooperation in the study. The dental examinations and surveys on health behavior are voluntary and meet the data protection requirements of the Federal Data Protection Act . A high participation in the DMS study was of great importance in order to obtain a representative picture of oral health in Germany. The results of the study were presented to the public on August 16, 2016.

Memberships in national and international research networks

Research priorities

  • Research Area: Health Care Research and Epidemiology (IDZ) - A. Rainer Jordan
  • Research area: Health economics and health systems research (IDZ) - David Klingenberger
  • Research area: Dental professional research (IDZ) - Nele Kettler
  • Research area: Medical sociology and health psychology (IDZ) - Nicolas Frenzel Baudisch

executive department

  • Evidence-Based Medicine and Quality Development (ZZQ) - Regine Chenot
  • Patient orientation (ZZQ) - Nele Güntheroth

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us . Website IDZ
  2. ↑ About us . Website ZZQ
  3. ↑ List of book publications by the IDZ
  4. ↑ Downloads IDZ information
  5. ↑ KZBV press release, October 17, 2013
  6. ↑ IDZ memberships