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AGD Advocacy Fund

Purpose
• Supports national and constituent advocacy efforts by providing resources to tackle new
matters, such as legislation or legal action affecting the practice of general dentistry.
• The fund accumulates across budgetary cycles.
• Contributing allows you to invest in the advancement and protection of general dentistry
in the face of current challenges.

Usage
• Constituents may apply to use the Advocacy Fund by contacting the Government
Relations team:
• General- advocacy@agd.org
• Ninia Linero, Coordinator, Government Relations- ninia.linero@agd.org

• (2021) The Wisconsin AGD secured a lobbyist for one year with assistance from the
Advocacy Fund to combat dental therapy in their state and work with Wisconsin
legislators to find alternative methods for increasing access to oral health care.
• (2018-2019) The Pennsylvania AGD received funds to retain the services of a lobbyist
and to respond to a movement in support of unsupervised dental hygiene practice. In
doing so, the Pennsylvania AGD worked to increase dentistry’s presence with the
Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor’s Administration.

More Information and to donate: agd.org/advocacyfund/donate