VDDS e.V.
The association
The Verband Deutscher Dental-Software Unternehmen e.V. (VDDS) (Association of German dental software enterprises) is the lobby and umbrella association of German enterprises producing dental practice management and organization software. Our members represent about 80% of the German dental software market.

The VDDS was founded in 1995 with the purpose to increase the quality, efficiency and transparency of software in health care basing on a closely co-operation with dental corporations, associations and institutions.

The association is to be based in Cologne. Executive chairwoman is Sabine Zude from CompuGroup Medical Dentalsysteme GmbH. Managing Director of the association is the specialist solicitor of IT Law from Köln Dipl.-Inform. Dr. jur. Marcus Werner.

The VDDS advocates the compliance of quality standards to all parties of development of dental software. It interacts continous dialogs with the dental corporations.