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Spring / Summer 2009 HOMEPAGE                   

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Ohio Academy of General Dentistry is to serve the needs and to represent
the interests of Ohio affiliated general dentists and to foster their continued proficiency
through quality continuing dental education in order to better serve the public.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of The Ohio Academy of General Dentistry is to improve the quality of
comprehensive dental care. We are motivated and united by the core human
values of integrity and compassion.

Calling All Volunteers!

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is proud to announce its first Call for Volunteers!

Get Involved!

In an effort to involve more members and identify potential volunteers at all levels of the organization, the Academy is initiating a Call for Volunteers.

As an AGD volunteer, you'll receive:

• recognition.
• opportunity.
• ideas.
• leadership experience.

We Need You! The AGD needs volunteers for:

• council/committee assignment.
• task force assignment.
• author assignment.
• reviewer assignment.
• constituent speaker assignment.
• constituent volunteer assignment.
• public liaison assignment.

We also need volunteers to act as liaisons to other dental organizations, and more! Sign Up Now!

Click Here to learn more and complete our volunteer form. Become a volunteer today!  
Thank you for your efforts in support of the AGD.

Sincerely,  
Bruce DeGinder, DDS, MAGD
2005-2006 AGD National President-Elect

Award News
The recipients of the AGD’s 2008 Senior Student Dental Award in Ohio are as follows:

Erin L. Ambrose, DDS
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine

Donald Austin Rehl, DDS
Ohio State University College of Dentistry

This award was established to recognize senior dental students from each dental school in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico who exhibit potential for becoming outstanding general dentists.  Each award recipient has been selected using the following guidelines, which were established by the AGD’s Board of Trustees:

1.      The School of Dentistry, through the Dean, faculty member or faculty committee, should make the final selection.
2.      The senior student shall have indicated a desire to practice general dentistry.
3.      The senior student shall have maintained an academic scholastic balance between his/her clinical and didactic basis courses of study.
4.      The senior student shall be among the top 1/3 of the graduating class in overall scholastic standing.
5.      The senior student shall have demonstrated outstanding attributes conducive to exceptional doctor-patient relationships (i.e., a pleasant, outgoing personality).

The award recipients will receive a complimentary one-year membership in the AGD and a certificate that is presented at the school’s award ceremony.

Please contact Stephanie Blankenship at StephanieBlankenship@agd.org, or call 888.AGD.DENT (888.243.3368), ext. 4968 if you would like further contact information for the schools or recipients listed.  We look forward to improving communication between dental schools and constituent leaders for the Senior Student Dental Award program in 2008. 

Other News and Notes

APRIL Ohio State Vendor Fair a Success!

I wanted to update on the event I attended last week. Both were very successful. For the Ohio State Vendor Fair ,it was a very good turnout of students. Here are some pictures from that event. And thank you Dr.Guter for coming in and helping me. I also attended the senior award ceremony at Case Western, that went really well. I talked to the dean and I requested him about doing a "lunch and learn". He said we are welcome any time. They were very impressed that I was able to attend the event in person. Thanks, Aparna Sadineni, DDS,FAGD Dublin Metro Dental Group 420 Metro Place South,Suite:B Dublin, Ohio- 43017 aparna@dublinmetrodental.com

Dr. Sadineni, a fair particiapant and Dr. Guter (left to right)

Federal Updates

At the federal level, Congressman Charlie Norwood** (who is a dentist) sent out a dear colleague letter to all of his fellow Congressmen in the House of Representatives.  Included with the dear colleague letter, which urged Congressmen to sign onto the Oral Health Caucus, was an AGD fact sheet explaining what the Oral Health Caucus was.  So upon receiving this letter from Norwood, each Representative will also be looking at AGD's fact sheet, which clearly has the AGD logo at its heading.  This is an excellent promotion for AGD as an organization and will assist in improving our recognition on the Hill.

 ** It should be noted that Dr. Norwood passed away at his home in Georgia on February 13, 2007.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

                     
Spring 2009

  AGD Mastership Program
  
Prosthetic Treatment Planning & Advanced Technologies for Dental Implants
Dr. Bradley Purcell
05/29/09 - 05/31/09
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Dr. Purcell received his dental degree from Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He continued on to receive his certificate of specialty in Prosthodontics and Master’s of Science from The Ohio State University School of Dentistry in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Purcell is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of Osseointegration and the American College of Prosthodontics. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Advanced Prosthodontics at The Ohio State University and lectures nationally on the topic of implant Prosthodontics. Dr. Purcell maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics in Worthington, OH.

For more information click here

Fall 2009

AGD Mastership Program

Details to follow
10/16/09 - 10/17/09
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

For more information click here

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Dear AGD members,

I wanted to give you a quick update on our Mastertrack program in Ohio. In an attempt to increase attendance at our two course I have started working with the Ohio State University College of Dentistry continuing education department. You may have noticed that the brochure for our recent pediatric dentistry course came to you from OSU and was not sent directly from my office. All registration and payments for the course will be handled by them but I am still the contact person representing the Ohio AGD. 

I have decided to pursue this joint venture with them in hopes that we can get more participation at our courses. They will promote our courses through the dental alumni venue and will also mail to our AGD members. The pediatric dentistry course was full of wonderful information and I was surprised that we did not have any AGD members attend even though it was scheduled in Columbus. 

Please remember that the fall course is always the third Saturday in Columbus and that our spring course is the weekend after memorial day at The Lodge at Sawmill Creek up by Lake Erie. The next course will be on period and is scheduled for the second weekend in June. The Sunday course that is provided at our spring course is always free to our AGD members. The topic for this day is not yet decided. I'll look forward to seeing more of you at these courses.

Sincerely yours, 

Hans Guter DDS-CE Chairman  

Click here for more info and other details regarding
the Mastership Course Series

Some courses are held at the Columbus Institute of Cosmetic Dentistry. This new facility offers a lecture room complete with a full clinical operatory, lab demo corner, and the A/V tools for over the shoulder presentations. Click the above CICD bldg. for a MAP http://www.tcicd.com

Next AGD Annual Meeting

Baltimore, Maryland  July, 2009


Future AGD National Annual Meetings:
2010                  

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