Membership Requirements
To become a member of the Florida Academy of General
Dentistry, membership in the Academy of General Dentistry is
required. Please visit the
AGD web site for
information on how to apply for membership, including the current dues
rates. When you join these two organizations you also have the option
of joining a component organization if one is located in your local
area.
To maintain membership privileges,
members must pay yearly dues and obtain 75 hours of continuing dental
education credits every three years.
Membership
Benefits
Academy members enjoy access to a variety of benefits ranging from the
intangible such as shared experiences and camaraderie to more tangible
such as continuing education and important services that can assist
you and your practice in concrete ways. Some of these services will be
valuable to you now, others will be useful at various times throughout
your career.
The Academy works to
provide professional and personal services that will help you build
your practice, save money, protect your investment and increase your
convenience. For a list of current programs we offer please visit this
section of the AGD web site for
additional information.
Florida Benefits
The Florida Academy of General Dentistry (Florida AGD) has partnered
with Dentalxchange, the leading provider of Internet-based
applications and connectivity solutions for the dental community, to
offer discounted Web services to Florida AGD member dentists. If you
are a member, you can sign up for your own professional Web site (with
up to 14 sections and over 30 pages), developed for aspecial rate of
$99 — a $495 value — and hosted for just $29.95 a month. (There is an
additional $85 pass-through fee to register your Internet domain name,
which gives you exclusive rights to the name you select for two
years.)
Your Web site will be linked to
Dentalxchange’s heavily trafficked Dentist Directory, where consumers
go to find a dentist in their area. You can even link your Web site to
PracticeConnectSM, Dentalxchange’s Web-based practice management and
online patient registration system. It gives you anytime, anywhere
access to your practice data, with complete security and no system
administration headaches.
To view sample designs, go to
www.dentalxchange.com and click on "Get a Web Site." While online,
be sure to check out Dentalxchange’s complete set of
- Web-based and desktop practice
management software,
- Connectivity to payers for online
eligibility verification and FREE electronic claims submission,
- Comprehensive library of online CE
courses,
- Full e-catalog of dental products
from leading manufacturers.
Why choose Dentalxchange?
A percentage of the revenue from your purchases (excluding dental
supplies) will be donated to the Florida AGD to support its mission.
To ensure this, enter the codeFLAGD in the Associate field when
registering online at www.dentalxchange.com.
Membership
Awards
Members are eligible for two prestigious awards, the Fellowship (FAGD)
and Mastership (MAGD) Awards, by meeting additional educational
requirements.
Fellowship
To receive the Fellowship Award, a member must complete a
minimum of 500 continuing education credit hours, pass a comprehensive
examination and have been a member of the Academy for five continuous
years.
Mastership
To receive the Mastership Award, a member must complete 1,100
hours of continuing education, including 400 hours of hands-on
courses, and have previously earned a Fellowship Award. A Master has
studied all 16 disciplines in dentistry.
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