A short historical survey deals with the development of the Clinic and Policlinic of Stomatology of the Magdeburg Medical Academy. Apart from especially marked stages prior to the erection of the new building in 1958 and the appreciation of the merits of F. Meyer, founder of the Clinic, the present paper treats the interdisciplinary connexion of the Clinic with other institutions of the Magdeburg Medical Academy and indicates its tasks in the fields of medical care, of medical education, training and continuing education, and of research. From a discussion on its significance and importance in the framework of the health policy of the Socialist Health Service of the GDR, certain speculations on its prospects are deduced (with reference to certain facts), and the consequences necessary for the continuation of its present development are pointed to.