In order to fulfill its claim to be a scientific-oriented, science-based dental society, the German Society for Laser Dentistry has chosen the motto “Evidence-based Dentistry” for this year’s annual congress. It is undisputable that laser application has not met the qualitative demands of evidence-based dentistry for many years. Instead, laser dentistry has developed from therapeutically useful and successful applications. In spite of this, already since it was founded, DGL has always aimed at supporting scientific-based laser applications in dentistry. This objective, the associated efforts and gradual successes have finally led to DGL being fully integrated within the German Society of Dental, Oral and Craniomandibular Sciences (DGZMK) which is the scientific umbrella organization of all dental societies...
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