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AGD does not necessarily endorse or make any representations regarding any content on agd.org provided by or related to other entities, including any content found on any other entities’ site(s) linked from an AGD site, except as expressly stated on agd.org.
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Business decisions, including decisions about method of practice, are personal choices to be made by individual users or other persons or entities. AGD does not encourage any persons or entities to make any particular business decision on issues addressed herein, including whether and how to participate in managed care plans. Moreover, AGD discourages dentists from taking any unlawful collective action, including any action that may be construed as anticompetitive.
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