This is the season that pumpkins are blooming everywhere. Many households and cafes will be filled with the aroma of pumpkin spices this Thanksgiving. Aside from being this season’s most savory ingredient to some amazing drinks, soups and desserts, pumpkins pack in the nutrients to support positive oral health benefits.

Dental and medical providers have long recognized a link between oral health and other diseases.

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) recently installed its new officers, including Manuel A. Cordero, DDS, CPH, MAGD, of Sewell, New Jersey, as president of the organization.

Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) announce the recipients of the 2017 Universal Awards. AGD believes in recognizing excellence in service and the many contributions of the local constituents. All award winners were acknowledged at the AGD Annual Meeting November 3-5 in Chicago.

AGD member Rouzana Hares, DDS, FAGD, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was among nearly 60 volunteers who traveled to Jordan with the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) to provide care to Syrian refugees.

Did you know that oral cancer is also known as a silent killer?

Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) student member Tanya Sue Maestas has known that she wanted to be a dentist since she was in fifth grade.

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) sent an Action Alert on Friday, Sept. 8, urging AGD members to contact their members of Congress regarding the expiration of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) set for Sept. 30.

Held Friday, July 14, during the Scientific Session, AGD emeritus member and longtime advocacy champion Myron J. Bromberg, DDS, moderated the session, “Oral Health Literacy Awareness, a National Healthcare Priority.”

Twice over the past two years, I have spent a week volunteering in Haiti with the small nonprofit aid group, Haiti Marycare. The group’s mission is to help a few villages in the northern part of Haiti.

In private practice, dentists are faced with making decisions every day. Most of the time, we make the right ones, but occasionally, we run into challenges.

A recent survey from the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) shows that some Americans are unaware their dental wellness checkups cover much more than hygiene.

Registration is now open for AGD2018, to be held June 7–9, 2018, in New Orleans.

Did you know that millennials are the fastest growing patient base? Within the past few years, millennials have become the largest population in the United States, and they have surpassed baby boomers in the labor force, according to Pew Research Center.