{"id":17635,"date":"2026-05-08T23:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox-education.angelaligner.com\/speaker\/lutz-hodecker\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:15:06","slug":"lutz-hodecker","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.angelaligner.com\/en-gb\/speaker\/lutz-hodecker\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Lutz Hodecker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Lutz Hodecker<\/h2>\n<p>OA Dr. Lutz Hodecker is head of the Department for Children &amp; Adolescents at the Eltz Institute for Orthodontics. In his daily work he covers the entire spectrum of orthodontics and additionally works as an external collaborator in research at the University Hospital Heidelberg. Dr. Hodecker develops innovative orthodontic CAD-CAM appliances such as the Mira appliance. 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