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.

New future-ready governance models need your input. AGD members have been working on a change to our current governance model, which was crafted nearly 50 years ago. Help us assess the advantages and disadvantages of each proposed new model.

Stepping out of the familiar confines of dental school, AGD Impact Student Perspectives columnist Brooklyn Janes recently took part in a month-long external rotation with PDS Health. She shared what the experience taught her about dentistry, leadership and herself.

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

Dentist’s Advantage offers malpractice insurance as one of your AGD member benefits at no extra cost. As a dentist, it is essential to protect the career you worked hard to earn from financial disaster. Don’t miss the opportunity to claim your coverage.

Passing the Fellowship Exam is one of the major requirements for becoming an AGD Fellow. Increase your chances of success by attending the 2024 Fall Fellowship Review Course at AGD’s headquarters in Chicago, Oct. 4–5, and take the exam the next day.

Many of us either begin our careers working in another practice or by finding and purchasing an existing practice. Few dentists begin their careers by determining the ideal model for their practice. And even fewer start out with the documented systems needed to support their ideal model. AGD Impact columnist Roger P. Levin, DDS, talks about models and steps to building an ideal model and the systems needed to support it in this month’s issue.

New future-ready governance models need your input. AGD members have been working on a change to our current governance model, which was crafted nearly 50 years ago. Help us assess the advantages and disadvantages of each proposed new model.

AGD’s member benefits provide dental practice owners savings on insurance and financial products, educational services, and practice management tools. Save money on office supplies, promotional products, lab services and more.

The Faculty Advisor of the Year Award honors one AGD student chapter faculty advisor who provides their AGD student chapter with the best overall support and guidance. This year’s recipient is Dr. Sophia Khan of the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine.