Katrin Bekes re-elected President of the German Society of Paediatric Dentistry

Katrin Bekes, Head of Paediatric Dentistry at the Department of Dentistry of MedUni Vienna, was confirmed in post at the spring meeting of the German Society of Paediatric Dentistry (DGKiZ) in Würzburg and unanimously re-elected president. The election was scheduled to take place at the last annual meeting in Regensburg in September 2021 but, due to the coronavirus pandemic, this congress was held in a virtual format and the general meeting postponed until this year's spring meeting in Würzburg. A total of more than 400 paediatric dentists met in the Bavarian city on the river Main to discuss current scientific and clinical topics relating to paediatric dentistry. The aim of the DGKiZ is to promote research, teaching and clinical practice in the field of paediatric dentistry, including primary prevention. It currently has just under 1900 members. At the spring meeting, Katrin Bekes was re-elected President of the Society. She first assumed the post back in 2019, when she became the youngest president in the history of the DGKiZ.