Release Date: September 2, 2009

AGD encourages patients to talk and work with their dentist to find the best solution for their dental care and treatment.

To protect the public’s oral health, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) issues an opinion to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry’s (AAID) advice that a patient should elect not to save a tooth, but rather, extract and replace the tooth with a dental implant.

“It is important to note extracting a tooth and replacing it with a dental implant, while best for some, may not always be the best type of treatment for all patients,” said AGD President David Halpern, DMD, FAGD. “The state of oral health and the needs of each patient are unique as his or her fingerprint.”