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The American College of Dentists (ACD) is the oldest major honorary organization for dentists. Its members have exemplified excellence through outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions to dentistry and society. In response to serious problems facing the profession, the American College of Dentists was founded August 20, 1920, by the then leaders of dentistry to elevate […]

Fellows Glenn Amante, DDS Steve Ballis, DDS Sam Calabrese, DDS Michael Cheng, DDS Ahmed El-Maghraby, DMD Meredith Gantos, DDS Kurian Mathew, DDS Ryan McCall, DDS Peter Pirog, DMD Anjali Talwar, DDS Ivan Valcarenghi, DDS LLSR Mohamednazir Harunani, MAGD – 2nd LLSR Cheryl Mora, DDS, MAGD

On Friday, August 23rd, the inaugural Chicago AGD Dentist Social was held at the AGD headquarters in Chicago. Over hundred dentist attended including dentists who work or live in Chicago, ILAGD Board members, new Illinois Fellows, Masters, and LLSRs, all Illinois’ Fellows-in-waiting, and University of Chicago College of Dentistry Student Chapter Representatives. Colleagues collaborated and […]

  The Illinois AGD had the pleasure of welcoming the SIU SDM Class of 2023 at the beginning of August. ILAGD members, Drs. Sue Bishop, Bethel Buerk & Kirk Hess, spoke to the students about AGD and organized dentistry. Dr. Cornelius Thomas, SIUSDM Associate Dean of Student Affairs also gave supporting statements for AGD. The […]

The May lecture was the last of four Chicago AGD seminars for the 2018-2019 season. The Chicago AGD Presented “Creative Solutions for Challenging Patients” by Dr. Clark Stanford. Dr. Stanford DDS, Ph.D is UIC Distinguished Professor and Dean.     On Friday, May 31, in conjunction with the Illinois State Dental Society at Ditka’s restaurant in […]

Larry Williams (CAPT US Navy Dental Corps, retired), Air Force Capt. Cody Murray, Ryan Vahdani, US Army Reserve Capt. Tejpal Jadeja, William Lawley, and Theresa Lao. Drs. Williams, Vahdani and Lao are Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine IL faculty & AGD members. Dr. Lawley is IL AGD Secretary. The military service commissioning ceremony was […]

Northern ILAGD presented “Financial Independence Boot Camp” by Dr. Kevin Anderson on Friday, April 26, 2019. This one day course was a short, intense seminar of training that covered financial ratios over a dentist’s career, where you need to be at each stage, dental practice overhead and strategies for successful retirement. This course covered on […]

Chicago Academy of General Dentistry Seminar Series On Friday, March 29, 2019 the Chicago AGD hosted its third CE course of the 2018-2019 seminar series at the Ditka’s Restaurant in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. The subject of the course was “How to Not Fail Miserably in Private Practice”. This course was presented by Dr. Chris Salierno, […]

The ILAGD hosted the 26th Annual Ted Weclew continuing education course on February 20, 2019. Dr. Doug Lambert’s topic “Make Me Smile” was an excellent review of conservative composite restorations. In today’s competitive market, many patients are seeking to achieve an esthetically-pleasing smile, yet may have limited resources. The option of composite resins may offer […]

The Illinois Academy of General Dentistry represented by Drs. Judy Fan-Hsu, Rosemary Villa, George Zehak and Sue Bishop attended the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Research Day last month. The College of Dentistry’s annual Clinic and Research Day provides a forum for students, postgrads, and research staff to present research achievements to […]