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The Academy of General Dentistry’s (AGD’s) House of Delegates recently installed new officers during its annual meeting, held in Chicago, Nov. 8–10. Connie L. White, DDS, FAGD, a general dentist from Kansas City, Missouri, was named president.

Michael A. Gordon, DDS, MAGD, received his DDS from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1989. He joined AGD in his senior year of dental school.

On July 27, 2019, the Tennessee AGD board passed a motion to help both Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry (MMC) in Nashville and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry (UT) in Memphis with their expanded functions dental assistant (EFDA) programs.

AGD’s “Three for Free” membership promotion is going on now! This is one of AGD’s most popular recruitment promotions of the year. Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019, any new member who joins AGD for 2020 receives the rest of 2019 for free.

In this competitive professional world, it’s important to differentiate yourself. Remind eligible members to apply for the Fellowship or Mastership awards.

Plan your remaining continuing education (CE) for 2019 by browsing AGD’s online learning CE listings.

AGD has secured a special group rate on a limited number of hotel rooms at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Once registered for AGD2020, a confirmation email will be sent to you with a hotel link that contains the discounted room rate.

The AGD Foundation is challenging all AGD constituencies to host an oral cancer screening event in April 2020 during Oral Cancer Awareness Month.

We’re well into a new school year, which makes now a great time for constituencies to show support for local dental students and student chapters. Here are a few ways constituent leaders can use their enthusiasm and expertise to connect with student communities

AGD staff and experienced leaders met with the Iowa AGD Sept. 27 to assist constituent leaders during their highly anticipated Strategic and Tactical Assessment and Response (STAR) Visit.

Bill (H.R. 4678) Authorizes Funding for Strategic Public Education Campaign that Aims to Reduce Growing Oral Health Concerns

Ohio legislators have moved HB 11 to the Senate after it was passed through the House in June.

Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), chairman of the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, revealed draft legislative text and report language for FY 2020 spending within the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.

The House Veterans' Affairs Committee's Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on September 11th, to consider twelve pieces of legislation related to health policy across the VA system.

Policy Options for Improving Dental Coverage for People on Medicare was published by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) on September 18th, to provide information and guide discussion on potential ways to make oral health care more available and affordable for the Medicare population.

On September 18th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded grants of up to $300,000 to 298 health centers across the country to improve their oral health services infrastructure.

Amid recent accounts of vaping-related deaths and illnesses currently being investigated by the CDC, both the Trump Administration and members of Congress are escalating their efforts to combat the youth vaping epidemic.

An Oklahoma judge ruled Johnson & Johnson liable for helping to fuel the state’s opioid crisis on Monday, August 26, and ordered the company to pay $572 million.

The American Medical Association confirmed it is no longer affiliated with the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, an organization it helped found and who’s led the charge against Medicare expansion on behalf of the health care industry.