Gholamreza Danesh

To the Chair of Orthodontics

Specialisations and special qualifications

• Specialist dentist for orthodontics
• Certified member and Diplomate of the German Board of Orthodontics and Orofacial Orthopedics (GBO)
• Certified family therapist and intercultural and transcultural therapist (International Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy)

Main focus of work

• Orthodontics for children, adolescents and adults with modern 3D treatment techniques
• Treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate as well as patients with craniofacial malocclusions and syndromal diseases
• Treatment of pronounced jaw misalignments in adulthood in combination with orthognathic surgery

since 2012
Chair and Head of Department
Witten/Herdecke University

Since 2008
Establishment in group practice for orthodontics in Herten

2006 - 2007
Senior physician
Polyclinic for Orthodontics at the ZZMK of the University of Münster (Director: Prof. Dr U. Ehmer)

2001 - 2007
Academic staff member
Polyclinic for Orthodontics of the ZZMK of the University of Münster (Director: Prof. Dr U. Ehmer)

1996 - 2001
Academic staff
Polyclinic for Dental Conservation of the ZZMK of the University of Münster (Director: Prof. Dr K. Ott)

Chair, membership of special external administrative bodies

• German Society of Dentistry and Oral Medicine
• Westphalian Society for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
• German Society for Orthodontics e. V.
• European Orthodontic Society
• German Board of Orthodontics and Orofacial Orthopedics (GBO)
• Professional Association of German Orthodontists (Berufsverband der Deutschen Kieferorthopäden e. V.)
• German University Association
• World Federation of Orthodontics
• America Association of Orthodontics International Member
• Witten University Society. e. V.

Research Award

• Poster Award of the German Society for Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Dentistry and Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH 2018 for the poster: ROMSE - a database for rare diseases with orofacial/craniofacial involvement