Current Issues
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is the only organization exclusively dedicated to representing the interests of the general dentist. As the general dentist’s advocate, the AGD monitors important issues that may affect the way general dentists practice. This section is dedicated to educating you on the top three current issues affecting the profession.
Access to Care White Paper
Read why the AGD created the white paper titled, Increasing Access to and Utilization of Oral Health Care Services, and download the document.
Licensing Board Transcript Acceptance
As a benefit of AGD membership, general dentists within approved states and provinces can access an AGD transcript of their continuing education credits to use for relicensure or for auditing purposes. See the list of states and provinces in which the transcript is approved.
AGD Tracked Legislative Activity
Legislation being tracked, as well as a summary of the bill and its current status is tracked for AGD members. Find out what issues we are tracking in your state or in other states that may affect general dentistry.
Credential Advertising
Find out what the AGD and other general dentistry organizations are doing to protect your right to advertise your Fellowship and Mastership awards and other general dentist credentials to the public.
Invisalign Proficiency Requirements
Over 1,500 of you have voiced your concerns regarding the Invisalign Proficiency Requirements, announced June 2, 2009, which requires dentists to start 10 patient cases each year. Find out what the AGD is doing to protect your interests and those of your patients.
Putting Caps on Fees for Non-Reimbursed Services
Several major dental benefits carriers are adding language to provider participation agreements to allow them to set fees for dental services that they do not pay for, i.e., non-covered services. That is, if a dentist agrees to the contract language, he or she will be required to charge the patient what the carrier has told him or her to charge even when the carrier will not pay for the service.
For more information on these topics or any of AGD’s advocacy efforts, contact AGD advocacy staff.
