Welcome to the Academy of General Dentistrys AGD Presentation

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Welcome to the Academy of General Dentistrys
(AGD) Presentation

• Shaping Your Future Today Finding
• Your Passion in General Dentistry

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What is the AGD?

• The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is the
  second largest dental association in the world
  with 35,000 members
• The AGD is exclusively dedicated to serving the
  needs and interests of the general dentist.

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Core Purpose To advance the value and
excellence of general dentistry

• AGD provides members with the resources and
  toolsthey need to succeed
• AGD fosters professional development and
  camaraderie
• AGD makes the transition into practice easier
• AGD protects and supports the profession through
  advocacy efforts

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What does that mean to you?

• Once youve completed dental school, continuing
  education helps you develop proficiency in
  practicing dentistry
• Professional development offers a way of
  benchmarking and tracking your progress towards
  developing proficiency
• Pursuing lifelong learning such as the Fellowship
  and Mastership helps you to develop camaraderie
  with like-minded professionals

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Just a few things about me

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Whats on YOUR mind?
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Getting Started

• Goal Setting (chapter 1)
• Developing personal and professional goals
• Utilizing the goal setting outline
• Developing a Business Plan
• Encompasses goals and maps out your plans

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Practice and Post-Grad Options

• Practice Options (chapter 2)
• How to practice? Its a personal choice.
• Associateship
• Purchasing an existing practice
• Opening a new practice
• Postgraduate Options
• Residencies and Specialties
• Did you know? AGD members who are interested in
  pursuing the AGD Fellowship
• Award and complete an AEGD or GPR residency
  program can receive up to 250
• CE credit hours toward the 500 hour requirement.
  Many constituents also offer a
• FellowTrack program to help prepare pre-Fellows
  in pursuing this prestigious
• award.

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Systems Development (chapter 4)

• What is systems development?
• Organizing your day to day operations for your
  practice
• Chart maintenance
• Accounts receivable/collections
• Tracking your numbers (yes, all of them)
• Appointment control
• Continuing care
• Inventory control
• Recall, recall, recall

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Systems Development (contd)

• Staffing
• A practice is only as good as the team who runs
  it.
• The basics of a workable system
• Commitment and communication
• Hiring and firing
• Dental Laboratories
• What to expect and what to look for
• Small versus large?
• Certified Dental Technicians (CDT)
• Did you know? AGD offers an online Career Center
  where you can post your
• resume or curriculum vita and search for practice
  or employment opportunities.

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What about all of the debt?

• Debt Management (chapter 6)
• Average dental school debt is around 200,000
• Knowing your credit score
• Good debt vs. bad debt
• Your plan to get out of debt
• Developing a personal and practice budget

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Turning your career into a passion

• Network and Get Involved! (chapter 7)
• Find a mentor
• Join a local study club
• Get involved in national and local professional
  associations
• Did you know? AGD offers many ways to connect
  with some of the best and brightest in
• the dental profession. From the AGD Annual
  Meeting Exhibits to the Future Leaders
• Conference to the online Member Forums, its easy
  to stay involved!

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Turning your career into a passion (contd)

• Continuing Education (chapter 8)
• Helps keep you at your best
• Lifelong learning is essential to staying
  informed, up to date and on the cutting edge
• Your patients will notice the difference and
  appreciate it
• Different types of continuing education
• Did you know? The AGD offers a variety of
  continuing education opportunities? With
• more than 40 hands-on courses offered at the AGD
  Annual Meeting Exhibits, FREE
• online AGD CE to members, Self-Instruction
  through General Dentistry and many local
• courses offered through constituents, AGD is
  always at the forefront of continuing
• education and lifelong learning.

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Turning your career into a passion (contd)

• Organized Dentistry (chapter 9)
• Developing professional relationships
• The importance of participating
• Philanthropy and giving back to the community
• Finding the right organizations for you
• Did you know? AGD Foundations Special Olympics,
  Special Smiles is a partnership between the AGD
• Foundation and the Special Olympics to help
  identify providers for primary dental care for
  Special
• Olympics and to provide dental screenings at
  Special Olympic events and in-office dental
• care for the athletes, their families, their
  care-givers.

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Your Checklist to Success

• Located in the back of the student manual
• Helps you to organize your to-do list and keep
  you on track

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Anything else?
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Thank youand good luck!

• More questions?
• add presenter and local AGD contact
  information.
• Want to join?
• Fill out the provided membership application and
  turn in at the end of the session. For more
  information or to join online, visit www.agd.org.