AGD announced the passing of its longtime editor Roger Winland, DDS, MS, MAGD, who died Saturday, Aug. 13. Winland, a general dentist from Athens, Ohio, had been AGD editor for 24 years and, before that, served as editor of the Ohio AGD newsletter, The Family Dentist, for 12 years. He retired from his role as AGD editor in 2020.

What strategy should dentists employ when selecting CE? How much weight should they give to provider, company, cost and format? With this in mind, AGD Impact asked five dentists about their views on the best way to select CE for various learning needs.

AGD’s Online Learning Center contains 140+ on-demand webinars, with subjects including but not limited to 430 Pediatric Dentistry, 550 Practice Management and Human Relations, and 750 Special Patient Care.

While synthetic implants are a significant advance in dental medicine, they are associated with high costs, potential complications and delays. In some cases, these issues may be avoided with autotransplantation. A new article in General Dentistry reviews the literature and presents a successful case.

AGD’s Exclusive Benefits program provides dental practice owners savings on a variety of insurance products, financial services, practice management tools and more.

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