Are you working toward earning your AGD Fellowship? For a limited time, all Study Guides (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) and the Study Guide Supplement (2008–2015) are discounted. The Study Guides are now $50 each (previously $96), and the Study Guide Supplement is now $199 (previously $299). These discounts end May 31.

Early detection of oral and oropharyngeal cancer is essential to improving treatment options for individuals who are diagnosed with this disease. According to the American Cancer Society, about 54,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with oral and oropharyngeal cancer this year.

For practice owners, managing your business operations and staying in front of patients are as important as ever. AGD wants to help you 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.

One of the biggest problems facing dental practice owners is staffing. While this problem is not new, applicant pools have become even smaller since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric S. Studley, DDS, and Ivy Peltz, DDS, MSED, PhD, MAGD, talk about how to keep your dental staff members on board.

Scientific knowledge and technical skill are not the only qualities dental professionals need to do their jobs well. Narrative medicine is an emerging competence that encourages providers to appreciate empathy and its role in patient care.