As digital technology and 3D intraoral scanners become more prevalent, effective digital communication of the relationships between the teeth and the face becomes essential. But expensive intraoral scanners and additional face scanners are not a feasible investment for many. Instead, learn how you can mesh smartphone-based facial data with high-resolution intraoral scans.

Earn CE credits anywhere with the AGD Online Learning Center. Choose from 160+ on-demand webinars on various dental topics. AGD members get access to 13 free webinars in the Free CE Library. Plus, earn credits with Self-Instruction exercises based on AGD’s award-winning publications.

The AGD website now allows previous members to reinstate their membership and buy back up to five years of past membership! Know any past members who have been itching to return to AGD for Fellowship, automatic CE tracking and more?

AGD members have been working on a change to our current governance model. Register for an upcoming town hall meeting to discuss the new models, learn more about the development process, and hear about next steps. Meetings are scheduled through Sept. 19.

Since dental procedures pose bleeding risks, it is important for oral healthcare providers to stay up to date regarding the best management of anticoagulant drugs and the usage of newer medications with potential effects on hemostasis.

Don’t miss today's free live webinar, “Healthy People 2030”! This engaging and informative session will cover the latest advancements in detection, diagnosis and biopsy techniques of oral lesions. You should leave this session with the tools you need for early and effective treatment of oral lesions.

Tools that help healthcare clinicians sort through information are valuable and perhaps essential from an efficiency standpoint. Currently, physicians have tools that use various types of artificial intelligence that assist electronic health record systems in summarizing information, allowing physicians to have a more cohesive picture of patients. This is not common in the dental field at this time, but it is rapidly growing in medicine.

Tax legislation promises to be a major focus next year because many individual tax provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire Dec. 31, 2025, automatically raising income taxes for most taxpayers. The expiration of the act will force both political parties to negotiate or face backlash from the general public, as neither side plans to increase taxes on the middle class.

As autumn approaches, it’s time to leverage your referral prowess. Earn $50 in Referral Rewards per new member you recruit to AGD, which you can use for your own membership renewal costs. New members save 50% on dues if they join by Sept. 30.

This is your last chance to secure the AGD special hotel rate for the 2024 Fall Fellowship Review Course and Exam at AGD’s headquarters in Chicago. Take this important step toward attaining AGD Fellowship while earning 16 hours of CE during the Review Course Oct. 4–5.

Apply to receive your Fellowship, Mastership, or Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition at AGD2025 in historic Montréal, Quebec! Applications are due Dec. 31, 2024. Show your dedication, and apply today! Need help achieving the required CE? Search the AGD CE Directory, or browse the Online Learning Center.

AGD is working to address the most pressing issues faced by our members as we advocate to government entities for general dentists.

AGD members are invited to register for an upcoming town hall meeting to discuss the new proposed governance models, learn more about the development process and hear about next steps. Meetings are scheduled through Sept. 19.

The AGD special hotel rate for the 2024 Fall Fellowship Review Course and Exam ends next Monday. The two-day Fall Fellowship Review Course will be followed by the Fellowship Exam on Oct. 6. Stand out among your peers by becoming an AGD Fellow.

The key to a successful DEA inspection — as well as a mandated state dental board inspection — is knowing and complying with regulations. This month’s Legal Matters column in AGD Impact outlines steps to keep your dental office in line with best practices.

We have refreshed our mentor directory! Student, resident and new dentist members can browse through the mentor directory. Experienced professionals: Don’t see your name included in the mentor directory but want to be listed? Update your mentor preferences through your AGD member profile.

The September issue of AGD Impact is live! In it, you can learn more about interoperability technologies to connect dentistry and medicine and improve patient outcomes, as well as how proposed tax legislation for 2025 will impact you.

AGD members have been working on a change to our current governance model, which was designed in the 1970s. The deadline to review the proposed new governance models is tomorrow, Sept. 4. Please help us assess the advantages and disadvantages of each model.

Read the latest issue for new research across subject areas. Highlights include a review on the management of anticoagulants in dentistry, a multidisciplinary case report on a pediatric patient with multiple dental anomalies, a study on radiographic artifacts produced by a plate piercing and more.

Fulfill all requirements and submit an application before Dec. 31, 2024, to be eligible to receive your Fellowship, Mastership, or Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition at AGD2025 in Montréal, Quebec.