This month’s AGD Podcast Series features Timothy Donley, DDS, MSD, a specialist in private practice in periodontics and implantology from Bowling Green, Kentucky. He joined AGD Podcast host Wes S. Blakeslee, DMD, FAGD, to discuss the oral-overall health connection and emerging evidence about this link.

Since COVID-19 became a household term, stress began to build for almost everyone in the world, and there doesn’t seem to be a release valve. Here are eight tips for navigating a constant stream of bad news while also rebuilding your practice and continuing to help others.

On Jan. 13, 2021, H.R. 1418: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act was signed into law, restoring competition within the health insurance market and protecting consumers from unfair practices.

AGD provides new dentists and residents with complimentary malpractice coverage from our Exclusive Benefits provider, Dentist’s Advantage. As part of AGD membership, qualifying members can get up to 12 months of professional liability insurance at no cost. You need insurance to practice, and having this coverage will protect the career you worked hard to establish.

Make your life easier while studying for the AGD Fellowship Exam by purchasing the Study Guide Supplement 2008-2015. This supplement, organized by discipline, is a compilation of all study guides from 2008 to 2015, making it the perfect resource for refreshing your knowledge before taking the exam.

Dental practices have now entered a business turnaround period. Most business scholars advise the best way to conduct a business turnaround is to focus on a small number of essential areas. Learn about three essential areas of dental practice and the corresponding actions that can be taken to ensure a faster, better and deeper recovery.

AGD is working to address the most pressing issues faced by our members as we advocate to government entities for general dentists. The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine recently released their review of the National Toxicology Program’s Second Draft Monograph on Fluoride Exposure Hazards.

Because recommendations for prophylactic antibiotic therapy have implications for both the health of individual patients and antibiotic stewardship, a literature review was performed to examine the evidence on indications and regimens for antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing surgical removal of impacted third molars.