Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston
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Combined Annual Session

Boston · September 15–18, 2027

With clinical and scientific sessions at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.

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A combined annual session of the Academy of RV Tucker Gold Study Clubs and the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators Hosted by RV Tucker Empire Study Club #61 · Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Event Details

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Registration Fees

Membership in either academy qualifies for the member rate. Early rates apply before March 1, 2027.

Member Dentist

$1,500
$1,650 after March 1, 2027

Non-Member Dentist

$1,700
$1,850 after March 1, 2027

Guest

$800
$850 after March 1, 2027

Day Only

Thursday lectures plus the Friday clinical session and critique. Includes lunch both days and coffee/snack breaks.

$900

Child

Children under 5 attend at no charge.

$450
$500 after March 1, 2027

AAGFO Gold Foil Introductory Course

Member of either academy

$1,200

Non-Member

$1,600

Dental students and graduate students may attend at no charge as seats allow — contact Jay Wise.

Sponsored by the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators. Held in the Simulation Laboratory at Tufts Dental across Thursday and Friday. Runs opposite the main program — it is an alternative to the Annual Session, not an addition, and attendees are in session both full days. Course registrants are welcome at the Wednesday cocktail reception and the Gold Foil Academy honors event.

Limited to 12 seats.

Questions about the event?

Contact Jay Wise, meeting chair, at jaywise226@gmail.com

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Location

W Boston
100 Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116
Registration, receptions, breakfasts and the gala
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
1 Kneeland St, Boston, MA 02111
Lectures, clinic session and the AAGFO Introductory Course
Group room rate: $399 per night
Discounted rate at W Boston for meeting attendees. Book by August 4, 2027.
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Dates

September 15–18, 2027
Wednesday through Saturday. Attendees arrive Wednesday and check out Sunday the 19th.
The Back Bay skyline across the Charles River on a clear day, sailboats moored in the foreground

Event Schedule

Complete agenda for the conference

Wednesday, September 15, 2027
1:00 pm – evening

Attendee check-in and registration

W Boston — table near reception
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Cocktail reception

W Boston — function room
High-tops, bar and light hors d’oeuvres. Attendees find dinner on their own afterwards.
Legend
BusinessMealsSocialFree Time

Featured Speakers

The scientific program runs Thursday and Friday, opening with the Ellsperman Memorial Lecture.

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Dr. Michael Melkers

Hanover, NH

Ellsperman Memorial Lecture

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Dr. Gustavo Mahn-Arteaga

Boston, MA

Chair, Department of Graduate Operative Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

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Dr. Jane Wrinch

Victoria, BC

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Dr. Mary-Catherine Ozcalek

Hartford, CT / Montreal, QC

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Dr. Daniel Berant

New York, NY

TB
Dr. Tom Borgia

Endodontic Considerations

Experience Boston

Between the sessions: cocktails, an awards dinner, and a walk through Revolutionary Boston.

A bronze Freedom Trail medallion set into the cobblestones, reading “The Freedom Trail · Boston”

The Freedom Trail

A guided walk through sixteen sites of the American Revolution

A Boston Duck Tours boat on the Charles River with the Back Bay skyline and red-sailed dinghies behind it

Duck Boat Tour

Boston’s amphibious tour — through the city streets, then straight into the Charles River

Fenway Park from behind home plate, with the Green Monster in left field and the stands beyond

Fenway Park Tour

A behind-the-scenes look at America’s oldest major-league ballpark, home of the Red Sox since 1912

See the full social program
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