Cooperation among ZM's departments with the aim of providing interdisciplinary treatment; Integrated treatment planning seminars; Learning spiral from pre-clinical to clinical for learning different practical skills, integration of digital dentistry into clinical training (optical moulding systems, chair-side production of CAD/CAM restorations). Participation of students in clinical studies. Qualification profiles. Modern teaching formats for pre-clinical and clinical training. Access to lectures, seminars and practical demonstrations any time, anywhere (VEIRA).

Just as the doctors have the BVMD (Bundesvertretung der Medizinstudierenden in Deutschland), the dentists have the ZAD (Verband Zahnmedizinischer Austauschdienst. Aachen has a Local Exchange Officer (LEO) on behalf of the ZAD. These structures are very similar in the BVMD and ZAD, similar tasks, anchored in the student society.

Digital X-ray, use of optical impression systems, digital CAD/CAM systems and dental microscopes in endodontics.

Research in biomaterials; Laser Engineering; Implantology/implant prosthetics; Computer-aided dentistry; Microbiology and immunology; Networking with Engineering Sciences and Natural Sciences; Periodontal remodelling after tooth movement, CAD/CAM in orthodontics, biological aspects of tooth movement.

Medical Reference Library; Laptops available for loan; free, university-wide WiFi access; computer rooms, online examinations, and course registration and evaluation; emedia Skills Lab, VEIRA for access to lectures regardless of time or place, seminars and practical demos; Moodle learning rooms, AIXTRA Dental; modern classrooms; microscopes in the clinical and preclinical phases; tuition in small groups; simulation patients; didactics training for lecturers; Innovative teaching projects; 24-hour simulated treatment environment; contra-angles, articulators and headgear for borrowing