The aims of the association are to promote high quality of orthodontic dental technology, to stimulate and support interdisciplinary engagement, to hold an annual congress and build relationships with international professional organisations.

Although based in Germany with a predominantly German membership, GK has an international membership base – the society has members from Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Membership benefits include contact with colleagues and other professional organisations both national and internationally, a regularly updated membership register (German: mitgliederliste), new innovations at national and international level, opportunities for active participation in the society, an online encyclopaedia of orthodontic technology as well as regular updates about the society.

The GK holds an annual congress (German: Harzer Fortbildungsseminar), and invites nationally and internationally renowned speakers to lecture at the event.

GK has a close working relationship with overseas organizations such as GTO and ORTEC (Italy), Sveriges Ortondonti Tandtekniker Förening (Sweden) and the Orthodontic Technicians Association (United Kingdom).