An editorial is presented on the traditional annual meeting of the German Society of Craniomandibular Function and Disorders (DGFDT) would not take place due to the coronavirus has believed at the outset of the pandemic and were deceptively led to falsely assume in the spring and early summer that a November meeting date. Topics include the situation would be brought under control by mid-autumn, and the energy was invested in concrete planning of the meeting until late August/early September.