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New Mexico Dental Journal, Winter 2016
Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary (EFDA)
Congratulations to NMDA’s Newest AGD ellows
By David Manzanares
I
n June, t wo NMDA members,
David Manzanares, DDS, and Mary
Rose Twohig, DDS, were awarded
fellowships in the Academy of General
Dentistry (AGD), at its annual meeting
in San Francisco. Dr. Manzanares is the
Secretary-Treasurer of the NMDA, and
Dr. Twohig is the president of the Albu-
querque District Dental Society.
Founded in 1952, the AGD is a profes-
sional association of 39,000 general
dentists dedicated to providing quality
dental care and oral health education to
the public. As fellowship award recipi-
ents, Drs. Manzanares and Twohig join
more than 6,600 active AGD Fellows
who have gone above and beyond the
basic requirements to care for their
patients’ oral health. In order to earn the
AGD Fellowship Award, a dentist must
complete 500 hours of dental continuing
education, pass a comprehensive written
exam, and fulfill three years of contin-
uous membership in the AGD.
“We are proud to honor Drs. Manzanares
and Twohig for their commitment in
reaching this lofty goal,” says AGD
immediate past president W. Carter
Brown, DMD, FAGD. “They have
distinguished themselves professionally
among their peers and are role models
for both their fellow dentists and the
Albuquerque community.”