Years in Practice
Hours of Continued Education
Hours of Continued Education in last 2 years
To be eligible for Fellowship, you are required to maintain three years of continuous membership within the AGD, Completion of a 400 question examination in all disciplines of dentistry and with 500 hours of Continuing Education completed
Fellow of International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics: This is a prestigious award presented to dentists who are committed to the pursuit of excellence through continuing interdisciplinary education in the field of Facial Esthetics. These dentists have attained recognition within their own respective profession, and have attained interdisciplinary recognition and are sponsored by at least 2 other members of the IADFE organization. The benefit to you is that you are going to be treated by a dentist who is dedicated to excellence in the field of cosmetic dentistry, and is well respected by their peers.
This is a very prestigious organization to be accredited with. To become an accredited member, the dentist must be in dental practice at least for 5 years, a postgraduate training for 2 years (in an approved program in an esthetic institution for dentistry), attendance to at least 2 ASDA sponsored seminars, To be nominated by a member of the society, 2 letters of recommendation by members, PRESENTATION OF 5 COSMETIC CASES COMPLETELY that will be reviewed by the board, and a vigorous application process. THIS SHOWS THAT THIS DENTIST HAS HAD NUMBER OF YEARS IN PRACTICE, HAVE ATTENDED MANY HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AS WELL AS COSMETIC CASES AND IS WELL RESPECTED BY THEIR PEERS. THIS IS A WELL TRAINED AND RESPECTED DENTIST.