Peak was established in Pa. in 1986 for the purpose of the development of a “fast track” toward one’s FAGD or MAGD awards. The concept is simple. A dentist would attend a two and a half day lecture series over a specified weekend, usually the spring and the fall. The dentist would then take that information back to their offices and develop a Power Point presentation based on the material they were taught on their own patients. The material relates to any of the 16 disciplines outlined by the AGD that are located on your printouts.

For example, if you saw a presentation based on Endodontics on Friday, and Crown and Bridge on Saturday and Sunday, you would develop a ten minute presentation based on what you saw over the weekend. These presentations are given on the Thursday prior to the start of the new session on Friday. Then you start all over again on different topics. You proceed through until you have collected enough credits for your awards.

A successful presentation to your peers would result in 48 participation hours. Just attending the lectures would result in 20 lecture hours.