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2-22-21_Podcast

February Podcast Covers New Paradigm for Dental Exam

Feb 22, 2021
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.
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How to Adapt When the World Feels Unadaptable

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-22-21_FeatureA

AGD Racks Up Legislative Win with End of McCarran-Ferguson for Dentistry: Now What?

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-22-21_NewDentists

New Dentists Get Complimentary Professional Liability Insurance

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-22-21_Exam

Studying for the AGD Fellowship Exam?

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-22-21_Covid

3 Ways to Ensure a Strong Recovery from COVID-19

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-08-21_CapitolConnect

Capitol Connections

Feb 22, 2021
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.
2-22-21_GenDent

Should Dentists Provide Prophylactic Antibiotics for Surgical Removal of Impacted Third Molars?

Feb 22, 2021
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.

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