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Professional Networking Opportunities for AAP Members

The Academy offers many programs that enable members to get involved in the organization's activities and network with colleagues.

Member Service Center

Have you moved recently? Changed your office location? Need to pay an Invoice? Check your Annual Meeting Attendance Requirement? View your membership profile? Update an e-mail address? Now you can update your AAP membership record online at the Member Service Center. It's fast, easy, and guarantees that you won't miss any important communications. Click on "Member Service Center" in the Members area of the website.

Member Service Center

Membership Directory

Members have access to both an online and printed membership directory. The printed directory is updated and mailed to members annually. The online directory allows members to search for colleagues by last name, city, state, and zip code.

Online Member Directory

Perio.org E-Newsletter

If your e-mail address is on file, you'll receive this monthly e-mail message filled with brief reports on Academy activities, important dates and deadlines. If you haven't supplied your current e-mail address to the AAP, visit the Member Service Center to update your contact information.

Update Your E-mail Address in the Member Service Center

Periospectives Magazine

Published four times a year in print and Web magazine formats, this members-only publication provides news on practice-related topics and Academy activities and resources.

Periospectives Archive

Annual Meeting and Spring Conferences

Each year's Annual Meeting and spring conference combine solid professional programming with social events such as welcome receptions, breakfast and luncheon meetings, award banquets, and cocktail parties where participants interact in a relaxed setting. In addition, members enjoy a wide variety of optional tours in the company of their colleagues and family members.

AAP Foundation Social Events

Special events such as golf tournaments, fun runs, auctions, and raffles at the Annual Meeting and throughout the year provide networking opportunities for members and proceeds for the AAP Foundation's support of periodontal research, education, and public awareness.

AAP Foundation Events

Online Bulletin Boards, Classified Ads and Chat Rooms

Members all over the world can ask and answer questions, express opinions and share knowledge – without ever leaving their offices – on issues of common concern such as new products and therapies, clinical procedures, practice management, and insurance coding. Members can also post and respond to each other's Classified Ads regarding Practices for Sale, Positions Available, Positions Wanted as well as Miscellaneous Ads.