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November is Native American Heritage Month, and the November issue of AGD Impact features Modoc dentist Donald R. Dexter Jr., DMD. As an enrolled Modoc member of the Klamath Tribes of Southern Oregon, Dexter was the first in his family to attend college and the first member of a federally recognized Oregon tribe to become a dentist.

AGD blogger Larry Stanleigh, DDS, FAGD, has shared a number of Daily Grind blog posts in 2020 about the importance of relationships in our personal and professional lives. Check out some recent posts on the Pareto Principle, the power of relationship-building, and the principle of The Golden 10 in getting to know your patients.

The AGD Foundation Grant Program offers support to AGD constituencies and nonprofit community-based outreach programs that promote oral cancer awareness, education and/or screening independent of standard dental practice.

AGD is working to address the most pressing issues faced by our members as we advocate to government entities for general dentists. AGD recently supported legislation in the Senate related to noncovered services.

AGD President Bruce L. Cassis, DDS, MAGD, talks about the importance of resiliency.

One of the first actions anticipated by President-elect Joe Biden's Administration will be implementing mandatory workplace safety rules that employers must follow to protect workers from COVID-19 exposure.

The House Committee on Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held a hearing on November 19 entitled "Insuring against a Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions for Policyholders and Insurers."

The Senate Appropriations Committee published working drafts of its 12 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 spending bills on November 10.

On November 12, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced S.4894, the Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act, which helps ensure fairness in contracts between doctors and dental insurers and supports a healthy doctor-patient relationship.

Black Friday/Cyber Monday has come early at AGD! Register for AGD2021 before Nov. 30, 11:59 p.m. CST, to be entered into a drawing to win airfare for two to AGD2021 in Austin, Texas.

Due to COVID-19, AGD held its annual House of Delegates meeting virtually Oct. 23–25. It was the organization’s opportunity to recognize current leaders, select future leaders and approve plans for the coming year. Watch this year’s meeting footage, including speeches from AGD leadership about organizational governance.

Does the non-ionizing radiation emitted by mobile phones have genotoxic and/or cytotoxic effects on the oral epithelium? This systematic review analyzes various published investigations of radiofrequency waves’ potential effects on the oral mucosa.

Learn more about recent changes in the landscape of dental specialization and how these changes affect general dentists.

Shopping for the holidays? By shopping on Amazon, you can help the AGD Foundation increase awareness of oral cancer and promote the importance of early detection.

Every dollar counts when you’re running your own practice, especially these days. To help you succeed, AGD has offers for members on products and services though the Exclusive Benefits program. See what practice management tools, insurance offers, financial solutions and more are available.

When we log into an online meeting, so much of our body language is no longer easily visible. It’s now all about our faces, which means that, in large part, it’s also about our smiles.

Your referrals make the greatest impact in growing AGD’s membership, and we’re grateful for your efforts. Let your colleagues know that if they join now for 2021, they’ll get the rest of 2020 for free.

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

The AGD Foundation Grant Program offers support to AGD constituencies and nonprofit community-based outreach programs that promote oral cancer awareness, education and/or screening independent of standard dental practice. Grant applications are available online, and the application deadline is Dec. 1, 2020.

The wound healing potential of the oral mucosa is superior to that of other mucosal surfaces. This General Dentistry article reviews the current state of evidence on the mechanisms that govern oral mucosal wound healing, with an emphasis on clinical approaches that facilitate these natural processes.