This Week at AGD

This month, an estimated 6,500 dental students will graduate in the United States and begin their next steps toward successful careers in dentistry. At this moment, they are considering many options and exploring important decisions that impact their personal and professional lives.

The reason that most people avoid conflict is that they don’t know how to navigate it successfully. AGD columnists Ivy D. Peltz, DDS, MSEd, PhD, MAGD, and Eric S. Studley, DDS, identify eight easy steps to help you deal with conflict.

AGD wants to help practice owners stay on top by providing special discounts on a variety of insurance and financial services and practice management products to meet the needs of your business. Don’t miss any of the offers you get through AGD membership.

A patient presented with severe darkening of an endodontically treated maxillary left central incisor. The tooth had sound structure, so the placement of a conservative direct composite resin veneer with opacifying pigments was proposed to restore form, function and esthetics. See the five-year follow-up details in this new case report.

AGD fact sheets provide your patients with all of the information they need to maintain their oral health. Fact sheets on more than 25 oral health topics are available for downloading online and can be customized to include your name and practice information.

The AGD Foundation is seeking donated auction items for its 2022 Electronic Silent Auction Fundraiser to be held during AGD2022. The fundraiser supports oral and oropharyngeal cancer efforts, including free screenings, awareness programs and educational resources.