Although AGD2019 officially starts Thursday, July 18, please remind constituents to consider arriving a day early to attend some of the educational sessions offered on Wednesday, July 17. These courses may serve as prerequisites for others held Thursday through Saturday. Course offerings include: 

• Fellowship Review Course
  This course is held both Wednesday and Thursday, July 17 and 18, and was designed to provide a refresher in 17 dental disciplines and help members prepare for Friday’s Fellowship Exam.

• Anesthesia and Sedation Course
  In collaboration with the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, Josh Jackstien, DMD, and Kevin Croft, DDS, will present the two-day, hands-on course, “Conscious Sedation and Other Four-Letter Words.” The first section of the course will be Wednesday morning. 
  
  
• Sleep Solutions Course
  “Sleep Solutions Part I,” presented by John C. Comisi, DDS, MAGD, will take place all day Wednesday; and “Sleep Solutions Part II” will be held all day Thursday. These workshops are invaluable for dentists planning to implement the medical model of sleep or sleep protocols into their practices.
  
  
• Special Patient Care Course
  “Geriatric Dentistry: Let’s Doctor Up!” presented by Gregory J. Folse, will teach attendees where, how, when and when not to treat geriatric patients. Held all day Wednesday, this course is a prerequisite for Thursday’s daylong participation course, “Geriatric Dentistry: Hands-on Workshop.”