AGD Impact Wins ICD 2026 Humanitarian Article Award

  • by AGD Staff
  • Jul 27, 2026

For the second year in a row, AGD Impact has been selected to receive the International College of Dentists’ (ICD’s) Humanitarian Service Article Award. AGD was recognized for “Dental Volunteer Trips: How to Plan and Stories from Abroad,” the five-part humanitarian service series published in AGD Impact (February 2025).  

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this award-winning series:

  • Jake Kathleen Marcus, JD, PGDip — “Serving the Underserved As an International Volunteer Dentist” (Introduction)
  • Michael L. Johnson, DDS — “Could Dentistry in the Peruvian Jungle Be on Your Bucket List?”
  • Nicole Smith, DDS, FAGD — “A Dental Mission Trip to Vanua Levu, Fiji: Providing Life-Changing Care and Building Connections”
  • Michael V. Unti, DDS, FAGD, FADI, FAES — “Providing Critical Care and Support to Honduras Through Medical Brigades”
  • Carl D. Werts, DDS, FAGD — “Volunteering in Central America and Cambodia: For the Big-Hearted, Not the Faint of Heart”
Read the full article.

We would especially like to recognize the AGD editorial team who worked on this project, including AGD Executive Editor Tiffany Slade, AGD Impact Managing Editor Leland Humbertson, and AGD Impact Associate Editor Caitlin Davis; and the design team, including Production Manager Tim Henney and Senior Designer Eric Grawe. We appreciate the team’s editorial development and hands-on work to conceive, shape and produce this article.