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Current activities and goals
- Promote high quality of orthodontic dental technology
- Stimulate and support interdisciplinary engagement
- Hold an annual congress
- Build relationships with international professional organisations
Membership
- Predominantly German membership with international members from Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
- Membership benefits include contact with colleagues and other professional organisations, a regularly updated membership register, new innovations at national and international level, opportunities for active participation, and an online encyclopaedia of orthodontic technology
- Membership fee is €60 per annum (as of 2014)
Board of directors
- Chaired by Berit Junghanns
- Secretary: Heike Pietack
- Treasurer: Gerhard Maier
- Other board members: Petra Brambora, Jörg Stehr, Ines Forest
Annual congress
- Holds an annual congress called 'Harzer Fortbildungsseminar'
- Invites nationally and internationally renowned speakers to lecture at the event
- Provides a platform for members to share experiences and advice
- Past home speakers include Rolf Hinz, Aurelia Lerch, and Ursula Wirtz
- Past international speakers include James Green, Paul Mallett, and Guido Pedroli
Partner organizations
- Close working relationship with overseas organizations such as GTO and ORTEC (Italy), Sveriges Ortondonti Tandtekniker Förening (Sweden), and the Orthodontic Technicians Association (United Kingdom)