Our founder and dentist in charge: Privatdozent M. Dr. Oliver Ahlers, long-time senior physician and deputy medical director of the Polyclinic for Dental Preservation and Preventive Dentistry at the UKE and was the first certified specialist for functional diagnostics and therapy (DGFDT) in the greater Hamburg area.
Dr. Ahlers is one of the leading specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of CMD and tooth wear. The nationally and internationally recognized expert has written 2 textbooks in several editions and languages and other textbooks in addition to his treatment activities. He has also published over 150 papers in dental journals, given around 300 scientific lectures at congresses and symposia and given 450 advanced training courses.
As a university lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, he continues to teach as an external lecturer at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), supervises dissertations and leads his own research projects.
Dr. Ahlers prefers his patients to report on the results of his treatments . You can find them on Google and on the doctor rating platform Jameda.
Vita
1982 Studied dentistry in Hamburg
1987 Scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
1987 Internship abroad at Harvard University School of Dental Medicine/Orofacial Pain
1987 Internship abroad in New York (NYU College of Dentistry/General Dentistry)
1988 State examination and license to practice medicine in Hamburg
1988 Doctoral studies at the UKE, oral and maxillofacial surgery
1989 Lectureship at the UKE, Dental X-ray Diagnostics (Prof. Dr. Dr. Rottke)
1989 Research assistant at the UKE, Polyclinic for Dental Conservation (Prof. Dr. Platzer)
1991 Head of consultation hours for difficult-to-treat children in the Polyclinic for Dental Preservation
1992 Doctorate from the University of Hamburg (Experimental studies on the prevention of LKG clefts)
1992 Head of the CMD and chronic pain working group, Hamburg Dental Association
1992 Head of the dysfunction consultation at the ZMK Clinic (together with Dr. Jakstat)
1995 Scientific assistant at the UKE, Polyclinic for Dental Conservation (Prof. Dr. Platzer)
1997 Study visit Univ. of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Endodontics (Prof. Kim, PhD)
1997 Appointment as senior physician
1999 Commission on New Clinical Functional Status of the DGFDT/DGZMK
2001 Secretary General German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT)
2003 Teaching responsibility for the Polyclinic for Restorative Dentistry
2004 Habilitation in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine at the University of Hamburg
2004 Award of the Venia legendi and appointment as Privatdozent
2004 Deputy Medical Director of the Polyclinic for Tooth Preservation and Preventive Dentistry
2005 Foundation and dental management of the CMD Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2005 Appointment as “Specialist for functional diagnostics and therapy (DGFDT)”
2008 Associate Editor of the Journal of CranioMandibular Function
2010 Certification of the CMD Center Hamburg-Eppendorf as a postgraduate
Training center for specialists in functional diagnostics and therapy (DGFDT)
2016 Chairman of the training committee of the Hamburg Dental Association
Scientific prizes (15)
1996 Best Conference Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy for the development of a documentation system for clinical functional findings (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
2001 Best conference prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the development of a diagnostic scheme for clinical functional analysis (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
2008 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the development of an electronic condylar position measuring system (with Dr. Vahle-Hinz, Dr. Rybczynski and Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
2009 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT), for the presentation of the successful revision of a functional-restorative treatment that had previously been unsuccessful elsewhere (with Dr. Vahle-Hinz and Dr. Rybczynski, shared with Dr. Kares
2011 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT), for the presentation of the etiology, diagnostics and cause-related therapy of mouth opening restrictions (with Dr. Rybczynski and Dr. Vahle-Hinz)
2015 Alex Motsch Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best scientific publication of the year in the Journal for Craniomandibular Function, CMF (other members of the author group: Prof. Dr. Bernhardt, Prof. Dr. Hugger, Prof. Dr. Jakstat, Prof. Dr. Kordaß, Prof. Dr. Schindler, Prof. Dr. Türp)
2016 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the contribution on mouth opening restriction: Etiology, diagnostics and cause-related therapy (with Dr. Rybczynski, Dr. Vahle-Hinz)
2016 Alex Motsch Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best scientific publication of the year in the Journal for Craniomandibular Function, CMF (other members of the author group: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Utz, Prof. Dr. Alfons Hugger, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ahlers, Dr. Seeher, co-authors: ZTM Bartsch, ZA Feyen, Dr. Frahn, Prof. Dr. Kordaß, Dr. Lange-Lentz, Prof. Dr.Dr. Neff, Prof. Dr. Ottl, Dr. Reusch, Prof Dr. Winzen, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolowski).
2017 Alex Motsch Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best publication of the year (case presentation) in the Journal for Craniomandibular Function, CMF (with Dr. Lukasz Katzer)
2018 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT), other members of the author group: Dr. Imhoff, Prof. Dr. Hugger, Dr. Lange, Dr. Mentler, Prof. Dr. Peroz, Prof. Dr. Ottl, Prof. Dr. Schmitter, Prof. Dr. Türp, PD Dr. Wolowski
2019 Alex Motsch Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best scientific publication of the year (Quality improvement of dental functional diagnostics through computer-assisted diagnosis) in the Journal for Craniomandibular Function, CMF (with Kai Becker and Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
2021 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best prize from science (with ZA Petersen, Dr. Katzer and Prof. Jakstat)
2022 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best prize from science (with Dr. Weber, Prof. Dr. Hugger, Dr. B. Imhoff, Dr. Mentler, Prof. Dr. Neff, Prof. Dr. Ottl, Prof. Dr. Peroz, Prof. Dr. Reich, Prof. Dr. Schmitter, Prof. Dr. Wolowski).
2023 Best conference prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best scientific poster (with Dr. Weber, Prof. Dr. Hugger, Dr. B. Imhoff, Dr. Mentler, Prof. Dr. Neff’, Prof. Dr. Ottl, Prof. Dr. Peroz, Prof. Dr. Schmitter, Prof. Dr. Wolowski).
2024 Conference Best Prize of the German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (DGFDT) for the best prize from practice for the development of a rule-based system for the DIagnosis-related allocation of suitable physiotherapies (with PT Martina Sander).
Magazine publications
Approx. 150 publications, including over 90 peer-reviewed publications in peer-reviewed journals
Book publications
- “Klinische Funktionsanalyse” ( 4 editions, with Prof. Dr. Jakstat as co-editor), dentaConcept Verlag;
- “Restorative Dentistry with the Artex System” (2 editions); English version “Simulation of Occlusion”, dentaConcept Verlag;
- “Adhäsive Zahnheilkunde” (German edition together with Prof. Dr. Platzer), Verlag Lempert,
- “Funktionsdiagnostik und -therapie” ( co-author: Prof. Dr. Jakstat) in “Kieferorthopädie” (ed. Ehrenfeld, Sander, Schwenzer), Thieme Verlag;
Software releases
- CMDcheck – CMD screening for Windows and Mac OS-X (with Prof. Jakstat),
- CMDfact – Functional diagnostics for Windows and Mac OS-X (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
- CMDmanu – Manual structural analysis module (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
- CMDtomo – module evaluation of temporomandibular joint MRIs (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
- CMDtrace – module condylar movement analysis (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
- CMDbrux – module bruxism screening, tooth wear screening and tooth wear status
- Doctor’s letter assistant CMD (with Prof. Dr. Jakstat)
Development of medical devices
- CMDmeter measuring instrument (dentaConcept Verlag)
- Preparation instruments “Keramik-Veneers.de” (Komet-Dental)
- Preparation instruments “Perfect Veneer Preparations” (Komet-Dental)
- Preparation instruments “Expert Set” for inlays, partial crowns and crown preparation (Komet-Dental)
- SF 7 sound files for inlay preparation
- Preparation instruments “Occlusal onlay set” (Komet-Dental)
- SF 6 sound files for the preparation of occlusal onlays
- Composite polishers “Compo-Clip” and “Compo-Strip” (Komet-Dental)
- Repair bonding agent Ecusit® Composite Repair (DMG Dental)
- Rubber dam frame Safe-T-Frame® (Sigma Dental Systems)
- Application aid dentaglide® (Sigma Dental Systems)
- International and national patents and utility models for various medical devices
Fields of activity
- Functional diagnostics in interdisciplinary collaboration with other specialist disciplines;
- Functional therapy and esthetic rehabilitation of the dysfunctional masticatory organ;
- Computer-aided dental diagnostics; design of software user interfaces
- Preparation technique – influences of instrument design and training on quality
- Rubber dam technique in adhesive dentistry and endodontics;
- Composites – material science principles and clinical use;
Teaching activity
- 15 years of teaching at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Center for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Polyclinic for Tooth Preservation and Preventive Dentistry, with lectures, seminars and treatment courses for the 7th and 10th semesters, since 2005 own course on esthetic-functional restorations as well as participation in the compulsory teaching for the 7th-10th semesters,
- Co-development of the postgraduate dental study program “Functional diagnostics and therapy with computer support” at the University of Greifswald
- Lecturer / scient. Head of the Function, CMD and Bruxism curriculum of the Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Dental Associations
- Lecturer in the curriculum Function, Dysfunction, CMD and Pain of the Academy of Practice and Science (APW) of the DGZMK.
- Numerous training events in the fields of clinical and instrumental functional diagnostics, treatment with ceramic veneers, restorative working techniques, rubber dam technique
Editorial board / reviewer for dental journals
- CMF Journal of Craniomandibular Function
- JOR Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
- COI Clinical Oral Investigations
- IJCD International Journal of Computerized Dentistry
- ZWR – The German Dental Journal
- DZZ German dental journal
Membership in scientific societies
- DGZMK German Society for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
- DGFDT German Society for Functional Diagnostics and Therapy (Secretary General)
- DGSS German Society for the Study of Pain, Facial Pain Working Group
- DGÄZ German Society for Aesthetic Dentistry
- DGPro German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials
- AfG Working Group for Basic Research
- DGZ German Society for Tooth Preservation
- Study group for restorative dentistry