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Congratulations Wisconsin AGD 2023 Fellows
Congratulations to the six Wisconsin AGD members who received the prestigious Fellowship Award at AGD2023 in Las Vegas.
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Wisconsin Academy of General Dentistry
The Wisconsin Academy of General Dentistry is a professional association representing general dentists within our state. We are dedicated to providing resources for continuing dental education to our members and to improving patient care through lifelong service and learning. That dedication is supported by the programs and events that assist AGD members to achieve their professional goals, with our main focus in advocacy.
Wisconsin AGD News/Events
Wisconsin AGD News/Events
AGD News/Events
AGD News/Events
AGD NEWS
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Academy of General Dentistry Leaders Head to Capitol Hill in May
AGD leaders met in Washington, DC, recently to address legislative issues impacting dentistry and ways to protect oral health care. As part of the two-day event, about 30 general dentists representing AGD meet with lawmakers on legislative issues impacting their profession and how patient care is delivered to dental patients.
AGD Statement on American Medical Association’s Approval of a New Category III CPT Code
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is concerned that the American Medical Association’s (AMA) recent decision to allow non-dental health care workers to administer silver diamine fluoride is a temporary solution to a growing oral health crisis.
AGD EVENTS
Finding Dangerous Mucosa: Identifying Potentially Premalignant and Malignant Lesions
Date(s)
Sep. 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tanya Marie Gibson, DDS
Subject: 730 Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology
Credits: 1
Method: Lecture
Tuesday, Sep. 9: 7–8 p.m. CDT
Audience: Students, Residents, Dentists, Dental Assistants, Hygienists
Fee: $37.50 (students and residents); $75 (members); $125 (nonmembers)
Description
This course will look at a variety of clinical presentations of potentially premalignant and malignant lesions. Participants will learn how to clinically assess them and determine the appropriate technique to obtain a diagnostic biopsy. The course will highlight strategies that will minimize clinical diagnostic pitfalls.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the definition of leukoplakia.
- Learn the definition of erythroplakia.
- Learn the clinical characteristics of potentially premalignant and malignant lesions.
- Learn clinically ominous signs that should prompt biopsy.
Tanya Marie Gibson, DDS, is an associate professor with tenure in the Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry. She graduated from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in 2001 and completed her residency in oral and maxillofacial pathology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2004. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
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