Congratulations Dr. Mascherin! Academy of General Dentistry Fellowship Award

Dr. Mascherin was recently awarded the prestigious Fellowship award from the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Mascherin was presented this award during the Academy of General Dentistry’s annual meeting, which was held in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 4 - 7, 2002.

This award is bestowed to dental professionals, who have completed 500 hours of continuing dental education credit, successfully passed a comprehensive written exam, and completed five years of continuous membership in the Academy of General Dentistry. The Fellowship award is a tremendous milestone in the most rigorous continuing dental education program offered today.

To date, only 12,600 dentists have been awarded this Fellowship honor. The award personifies the goals and ideals of the Academy of General Dentistry of commitment to life-long continuing education, excellence in the dentistry and a mission to provide excellent patient care.

Striving to do her best, Dr. Mascherin has already begun her studies toward the Mastership Award with the Academy of General Dentistry. A general dentist who has earned the designation "Master" of the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD) has completed a structured and rigorous set of requirements involving all the dental disciplines. To attain Mastership, a dentist must have already attained Fellowship status. Additionally, they must then earn an additional 600 approved continuing education credits, of which 400 hours are hands-on courses. So in the end, Dr. Mascherin will have taken a total of 1,100 hours of continuing education and studied 16 disciplines in dentistry!

Our office mission is to provide excellent comprehensive dental care with an emphasis on preventive care, complex restorative care and cosmetics. Our commitment is to be on the cutting edge of our field. Excellence is achieved by emphasizing continuing education for the doctor, staff and patient. This is essential so that we can help our patients obtain optimal dental health. The importance of continuing education in a field such as dentistry cannot be understated. The more informed we are, the better care we may provide to our patients.