German Oral Health Foundation

Seal of approval

The four seals of approval

These serve to provide patients with guidance on which practices not only focus on preventive care, but also use the latest technologies and place particular emphasis on the following areas in their staff training: holistic oral and physical health, sustainable implant health, maintaining performance, personalised prevention, longevity, wellness, wellbeing and quality assurance.

The DMS assesses the level of knowledge in these practices through special training measures. By certifying their level of knowledge, the DMS ensures that these practices have the necessary knowledge, technology, focus on prevention and expertise.

OralFitness Center©

OralFitness Centres© are specially qualified dental practices that place a high priority on tooth and implant preservation and have therefore specialised in this area. After undergoing appropriate knowledge testing, they have been awarded a seal of approval by the DMS.

In addition to a highly qualified dental hygiene team, they are certified in the field of predictive biomarker diagnostics – i.e., these practices consistently focus on early detection and personalised prevention and pursue the goal of preserving natural teeth or dental implants for life. Technologically, certified practices have access to aMMP-8 biomarker diagnostics, the scientifically outstanding method of prediction using saliva samples. aMMP-8 saliva screening measures the destruction of the extracellular matrix and collagenolysis in real time. More than 300 studies show that the procedure can detect potential risks two to five years before the onset of disease, enabling targeted prevention to preserve teeth and implants (Guarnieri et al.).

Your advantages as a certified OralFitness Centre©

  • Professional determination of immune competence in 01 & prophylaxis
  • Chairside screening/monitoring with the aMMP-8 biomarker test PerioSafe® PRO DRS
  • Indication of the necessary preventive measures (identification of stage 1 grade B patients)
  • More secondary prevention therapies
  • Enhancement of therapeutic competence
  • Medical preventive diagnostics
  • Delegable performance, easy to use, results within minutes
  • Simplifying patient communication
  • Increasing willingness to undergo therapy

Position yourself now as an OralFitness Centre©

OralFitness Coach©

OralFitness Coaches© are trained dental hygienists, dental technicians and dental assistants, i.e. dental hygiene specialists with additional training in predictive biomarker diagnostics and personalised preventive therapies.

DMS-certified OralFitness Coaches© go above and beyond for their patients' health. They consistently use state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures to identify potential risks months or years before oral disease manifests itself. This allows damage to be reduced through targeted secondary prevention.

OralFitness Coaches© are experts in lifelong oral health, fitness and wellbeing.

Strengthen your team through training

ImplantSafe Center©

Together with dentists who are experts in implantology, the German Oral Health Foundation is committed to lifelong implant health. With needs-based, personalised preventive measures and continuous screening, dental implants can now remain healthy and inflammation-free for much longer.

Sustainable implant health through early detection diagnostics (01 and in Implant Recall)
We are now aiming to double the normal lifespan of implants by combining predictive diagnostics and targeted preventive measures – and we are working towards this goal together with our technology and expertise partner practices.

Innovative preventive diagnostics
A recent long-term study (Guarnieri et al.) proves that predictive aMMP-8 ImplantSafe® diagnostics can detect peri-implant bone loss at the chairside within just ten minutes – and that 24 months before it manifests itself. Peri-implantitis can be prevented with 90% certainty through active cooperation from your patients and targeted preventive measures, without changing your tried-and-tested procedures and processes.

Qualified ImplantSafe Centres© utilise this technological advantage and can prevent peri-implantitis, which is usually caused by poor hygiene, through predictive diagnostics combined with targeted preventive measures. ImplantSafe Centres© therefore already comply with the legally binding (MDR 2021*) requirement for preventive damage control in individually manufactured implant services.

Through clinical performance assessment (PMS*) by ImplantSafe®, ImplantSafe Centres© comply with strict new guidelines and offer your patients greater protection, safety and longevity of implant services.

Our technology partnership:

A stable environment is essential!

  • Chairside screening/monitoring with the aMMP-8 biomarker test ImplantSafe® (highly sensitive testing system for measuring peri-implant collagen stability) for the 01 and prophylaxis appointment (implant recall)
  • Display of the necessary preventive care requirements for your patients

–> Increase in recall frequency from 0.9 to 2.3 per year

  • Professional documentation and monitoring concept in accordance with MDR/PMS*
  • Evidence-based procedure (>400 studies / >25 dissertations / 3 science awards)
  • Delegable service, easy to use, results within minutes, extends implant life
  • Increased acceptance of therapy
  • Recommended for integration into PAR (PI classification)

Position yourself now as an ImplantSafe Centre© 

ImplantSafe Coach®

ImplantSafe Coaches© are trained dental hygienists, dental technicians and dental assistants, i.e. dental hygiene professionals with additional training in predictive biomarker diagnostics and personalised preventive therapies.

DMS-certified ImplantSafe Coaches© go above and beyond to ensure the health of their patients. They consistently use state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures to identify potential risks months or years before oral disease manifests itself. This allows damage to be reduced through targeted secondary prevention.

ImplantSafe Coaches© are experts in lifelong healthy dental implants and natural teeth, as well as oral fitness, oral health and wellbeing.

Scholarship
Every year, the German Oral Health Foundation (DMS) awards 30 scholarships for the masterclass to dental hygienists, prophylaxis specialists and practice managers.

Within this framework, DMS covers 50 percent of the registration costs for seminar participation, including certification. Scholarship holders also receive certificates for their CVs and additional qualifications as OralFitness Coach© and Competence Partner in the Micronutrient Expert Network.

Apply now for a scholarship