WAGD Continues to Grow!
Welcome, New Members!

Olawunmi O. Ogunkelu, D.D.S.
Marshfield

Supriya K. Shetty, D.D.S
Waukesha

Jonathan D. Brott, D.D.S.
Chippewa Falls

Ellen Z. Fisher, D.D.S.
Kaukauna

Robert Rahm
Marquette Dental School Student

AGD In Action

Dr. Vincent C. Mayher, DMD, president-elect of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), testified
on Sept. 6 in support of using dental amalgam as a viable option to treat dental decay. The hearing
was conducted at the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Joint Meeting of the Dental Products
Panel and the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the Center for
Drug Evaluation and Research.

The hearing was preceded by the FDA’s conclusion, after reviewing 34 research studies, that there
has been no significant new information that would change its determination that mercury-based
fillings do not harm patients, except in the rare case of an allergic reaction. Numerous other witnesses
at the hearing agreed with the FDA’s conclusion.