AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses There’s still time to register for Dr. Juan Echeverri’s Exploring Multiple Options Mastering Anchorage: Orthodontics in a Third Dimension weekend course in Dallas Nov. 6 & 7. This popular class will enable you to incorporate a new set of tools for improved comprehensive patient treatment. Learn to master Tempo-rary Anchorage Devices (TADs)! (14 CDE hours) Robin Schmidbauer, CDA, EFDA, will lead her Advanced Straight Wire for Assistants , Nov. 6 & 7 in Atlanta. Covers cephalometrics, archwire sequence and placement, and the MDA. (13 CDE hours) Dr. Brad Williams’ Case Finish-ing will be held in Dallas Nov. 20 & 21. Every part of this class is rigorously documented with multi-ple cases so participants can see all choices and decisions leading to the final result. Topics include: Nita-nium Palatal Expander 2 and other expansion options, Multi-Distaliz-ing Arch (MDA) and other reposi-tioning appliances, and case refine-ment. (15 CDE hours) Susan Coffey, RDA, offers her Basic Orthodontic Assistant Training Course again Jan. 8 – 10, 2016 in Dallas. The Basic course covers understanding of instruments, proper record-taking, correct placement of brackets and wires and patient care of braces. (20 CDE hours) Drs. Elsa Echeverri and Ed Gonzalez will be teaming up to present Early Treatment and Sedation for the Pediatric and General Dentist in Dallas January 22 & 23. Stay tuned. More informa-tion to follow. (14 CDE hours) Dr. Jay Gerber’s new two-session Comprehensive Mechanics Workshop , being held at the Henry Schein facility in Carlsbad, CA, has been moved due to a scheduling conflict. Session 1, covering every-thing from arch wire sequencing to case finishing (21.5 CDE hours), is now Jan. 14-16, 2016, Session 2, which focuses on fixed functional appliances, including MDA and Verti-cal Retention Tubes (13 CDE hours), has been moved to March 11 & 12. Dr. Ralph Nicassio will conduct a two-day class in Dallas Feb. 19 & 20 on Vertical Considerations and How to Correct Gingival Display . One of the big problems in the dental profession is helping patients with too much gum show-ing. Learn predictable, repeatable, conservative techniques to help your patients that have that “gummy” smile. (14 CDE hours) Dr. Williams’ 2016 Intermedi-ate-Advanced Concepts in Straight Wire Orthodontics begins March 4 -6 in Dallas. This five-session comprehensive course picks up where Level 1 leaves off. Whether you’ve recently completed a basic orthodontic course or just desire an update in the latest ortho concepts, this Level 2 course is for you! (100 CDE hours) One of the foremost instructors in early treatment, Dr. Leonard Cara-pezza, will lead his comprehensive Early Treatment of Malocclu-sion in the spring, with the Begin-ning course starting March 10 -12, and the Advanced kicking off March 31 – April 2. Each session of this in-office course has been designed to give the participant an in-depth study of the Straight Wire system using state-of-the-art audio/visual and hands-on procedures. Start treat-ing your own patients after the second session! (80 CDE hours) The American Orthodontic Society 2015 Officers & Directors President David M. Thorfinnson, DDS President-Elect Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Michael J. Newman, DDS Board of Directors Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS Robert G. Gerety, DDS Emeritus Kevin J. Hester, DDS Anne Mary Orr, DDS James L. Orrington, DMD Allan Rotberg, DDS Kimberly Suter, DDS Robert J. Tippin, DDS Paul L. Winborn, II, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS Emeritus Board of Examiners Jeffrey H. Ahlin, DDS Azita Anissi, DDS Leonard J. Carapezza, DMD Kenneth Ellis, DDS Joseph M. Haack, DDS Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS Scan with your smartphone to view all course details. Learn more about our Annual Meeting and all AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! 44 Fall 2015 JAOS
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