International Dental Show
Forward-looking innovations, countless new products, exciting live demonstrations and practical hands-on - the unique show for the entire dental industry presents the most important concepts and technologies for the practices and laboratories of today and tomorrow.
The International Dental Show is a must
Regardless of whether you are an exhibitor or visitor – there is no way around IDS. For many good reasons.
unrivalled leading global trade fair.
Due to its entirety and high number of innovations it impressively underlines its significance as a forward-looking trendsetter of the dental industry.
Very large product section
One doesn't find such a breadth and depth of dental products and services at any other trade fair in the world.
The main meeting point of the dental family
Offering manifold opportunities for encounters, IDS encourages the trade fair participants to establish new business contacts and intensify their existing friendships.
Valuable contacts
In this way, IDS offers all parties involved the best prerequisites to achieve their professional and business goals.
Facts and figures IDS
We have prepared all of the important information for you in compact form. You will find everything you need to know about IDS at a glance in our Facts and figures.
Trade fair
IDS
International Dental Show
Date of the event
25–29 March, 2025
Organiser of the fair
The IDS is held every two years in Cologne and is organised by the GFDI Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Dental-Industrie mbH, the commercial enterprise of the Association of German Dental Manufactuers (VDDI) and staged by Koelnmesse GmbH, Cologne.
Venue
Koelnmesse, Messegelände Köln-Deutz
Opening hours
For exhibitors:
08:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m.
For visitors:
09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Product segments
- Dental practice
- Dental laboratory
- Infection control and maintenance
- Services, information, communication and organisation
Fair profile
The International Dental Show in Cologne is the world's leading trade fair for the dental sector. In 2025, at the 41st IDS, the fair will once again generate momentum while paving the way for pioneering advances, demonstrating its role as a successful presentation platform and meeting place for all decision-makers in the dental-medicine market.
Mailing of application forms for exhibitors
End of 2023
Hall allocation
Halls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11
Target groups
Exhibitors:
Manufacturers, importers, Service providers, associations and institutions directly related to
products and systems for dental medicine and dental technology.
Visitors:
Dental trade, dentists, dental surgery staff, dental laboratories, industry, service provider, research and development, apprentices / students
Access authorisation
Only for trade visitors
Director
Thomas Maxein
Tel. +49 221 821 3579
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Project Assistant
Carina Heide
Tel. +49 221 821 2086
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Stephan Uebbing
Tel. +49 221 821 2086
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Sales
Susanne Donges
Tel. + 49 221 821 3783
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Carmen Wolber
Tel. + 49 221 821 3893
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Venue Information - Koelnmesse, Germany
Koelnmesse is your expert partner in all areas associated with trade fairs and events — both in Cologne and worldwide. Our customers are convinced by both our many reliable and flexible solutions and services and by measurable and impressive figures.
OUR EXPERTISE IN FIGURES
- No. 3 trade fair venue in Germany and into the Top Ten worldwide
- About 80 trade fairs, exhibitions, guest events, and corporate events every year in Cologne and in the key markets all over the world
- 11 trade fair halls
- Almost 400,000 m² exhibition space and outdoor area
- About 10,000 parking lots directly at the trade fair grounds and up to 7,500 additional parking lots in the vicinity of Koelnmesse.
- 2,000 conferences per year
- Conference capacity for up to 19,500 participants
- Around 54,000 exhibiting companies from 122 countries
- Around 3 million visitors from over 200 countries
- Around 220,000 accredited journalists
- More than 1 billion advertising and press contacts
- Foreign representatives in more than 100 countries
- Almost 180 partner hotels
- Around 94,000 hotel beds (in the Cologne region)
We are no longer accepting registration for this event