Awards

About the Exam

Get one step closer to earning your Fellowship Award (FAGD) by taking the Fellowship Exam. While the exam is challenging, AGD members have a high success rate passing the exam on their first try.

Exam Details
The Fellowship Exam consists of approximately 250 multiple-choice questions and is administered in one day, four-hour testing session. The exam includes material from all dental disciplines and strongly emphasizes clinical applications of accepted dental knowledge, techniques, and procedures.

Scoring
The exam is a norm-referenced exam, meaning that the passing score is based on what the Examination Council considers to be the minimum knowledge a general dentist must possess to be considered proficient.

Taking the Exam
To register, download the formPDF, and send it with your fee to the AGD. You can choose to take the exam in one of three ways:

For more information about taking the Fellowship Exam, contact Education Department at 888.243.3368, ext. 4969, or education@agd.org.
Exam Application Update

The application fee for the Fellowship Exam is $450 for both the paper and pencil and the computerized versions of the exam.
The AGD no longer offers a reduced retake fee for those members who come within five (5) points of the passing score.

Cancellation Policy

Paper and Pencil Exam: You must cancel at least 20 days in advance or you will be charged a $50 fee.

Computerized Exam: Candidates may cancel an appointment with SMT at least five (5) days in advance to avoid penalty; less than a five-day notice will result in a forfeit of the entire examination fee.
If a candidate does not appear for a scheduled appointment, the entire examination fee is forfeited. The full examination fee is required to take the examination at a future date. The exam fee is not refunded if the candidate fails the exam.