What is M.A.G.D.?

M.A.G.D. designates advanced post graduate education in the practice of general dentistry. A dentist with the initials M.A.G.D. following his or her name is a Master in the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). There are fewer than one hundred masters in the state of Maryland.

The Academy of General Dentistry is the largest organization of family practitioners in the country. The AGD monitors and approves continuing education (CE) courses. Fellowship in the AGD is achieved when five hundred hours of CE within different disciplines are completed, and an examination has been passed. Mastership involves an additional 600 hours of CE within sixteen subject categories, each having minimum requirements. Four hundred of these hours are participation courses which require clinical proficiency of the M.A.G.D. candidate. Dr. Michael Berger received his M.A.G.D. on July 15, 1995.