| Formation: | [1] |
| Type: | Professional association |
| Status: | 501(c)(6) professional association |
| Headquarters: | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coords: | 41.8859°N -87.6423°W |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Merlin P. Ohmer[2] |
| Volunteers: | 375 |
| Academy of General Dentistry | |
| Image Alt: | Logo of the Academy of General Dentistry |
| Abbreviation: | AGD |
| Region: | Canada and United States |
| Membership: | 40,000+ |
| Tax Id: | 36-6107533[3] |
| Purpose: | To serve the needs and represent the interests of general dentists, to promote the oral health of the public, and to foster continued proficiency of general dentists through quality continuing dental education in order to better serve the public. |
| Employees: | 87 |
| Employees Year: | 2014 |
| Volunteers Year: | 2014 |
| Revenue: | $14,770,506 |
| Revenue Year: | 2014 |
| Expenses: | $13,155,120 |
| Expenses Year: | 2014 |
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is a professional association of general dentists from Canada and the United States.[4]
The academy was incorporated on August 2, 1952.[1]
Paula Jones became its first female president in 2008.[5]
The academy is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
It has 40,000 member dentists in the United States, Canada and in many countries across the globe.[6]
The AGD publishes two publications, General Dentistry, its bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal, and AGD Impact, the organization's monthly newsmagazine.[7]
The AGD Executive Committee (EC) is composed of eight elected officers: the president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer, speaker of the House of Delegates, editor, and the immediate past president.[8] [9]