EDITOR’S WELCOME Greg Cannizzo, DDS, CDE, JAOS Editor 3617 Municipal Drive, McHenry, IL 60050 Phone: (815) 344-2282 • Fax: (815) 344-5815 Email: drgrc@joltmail.com ASSOCIATION STAFF Adam Griswold AGpO Executive Director Academy of Gp Orthodontics 509 E. Boydston St. Rockwall, TX 75087-3956 (800) 634-2027 E-mail: agriswold@academygportho.com Thomas N. Chapman, CAE AOS Executive Director American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: tchapman@orthodontics.com Porter Lyon AOS Contributor E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com Is It Time To Shed Your Skin? Shedding skin is a symbol of reju-venation and new life. Snakes and other reptiles like lizards, periodically eliminate the old by the shedding of their skin. This allows for them to grow and they emerge stronger, larger and healthier. Having to shed their skin and change is uncomfortable for them and they get grumpy during the process but by brushing against something hard and rough, like a rock, they create a rip in their skin. This allows the snake or other reptile to continue to work on the rip until it can shed its skin completely. Many reptiles shed their skin in the process of growing, but let's look at what snakes can teach us and how they compare to us as we both "grow". Unlike a snake, our skin grows as we do so there is no need to liter-ally shed our skin; but figuratively, a rebirth or transformation can be beneficial. Like a snake, growth can feel uncomfortable and make us grumpy. But there comes a time when it is necessary to replace old habits that can be holding you back from success, a time where it is necessary to increase your knowledge and skill. The annual meetings, tier advancement, courses and refreshers offered to you throughout the year are all good opportunities for a more skilled, productive and knowledge-able version of yourself to burst forth. Make the time to increase your knowledge and skill. It's not always easy to set the time aside to prepare for going to continuing education courses or to start the work needed for tier advancement, but it will be worth it in the end. Snakes do not let themselves be defined by their limitations. Snakes don't have legs. But despite their obvi-ous limitations, they are still able to negotiate and thrive in a wide variety of habitats from desert dunes to trees and oceans. They don't just wiggle around and eat vegetation; they are predators. They outwit and out maneuver their prey. Whether through venom or constriction, they take advantage of their strengths. Don't let limitations define you or hold you back from becoming the best practitioner you can be. Make a deci-sion and act on it, use your strengths to move forward, thrive and grow. Another unique aspects of snakes is their forked tongues. They use their tongue to smell and detect what's going on around them. They have very poor eyesight, so they rely on this sense to find their prey. Each time they stick their tongue out, one of the forks on the tongue will detect a stronger smell than the other. They then move towards the stronger side. After moving a short distance, they test the air again to ensure that they are moving in the right direction. They repeat this process until they find their next meal. When making goals, we need to constantly check to make sure that we are on track. Make decisions that bring you closer to your goal of being the best possible general dentist who offers orthodontics by continuing to grow. Shed your skin and emerge stronger smarter and happier. EDITORIAL STAFF Greg Cannizzo, DDS ....................... AGpO Editor Jordan Balvich, DMD ........................ AOS Co-Editor Jim Mcllwain, DDS, MSD .................. AOS Co-Editor Lisa A. Wright ......................... AOS/AGpO Managing Editor Email: lisa@wrightgrp.com EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Ron Austin, DDS ...................................AGpO Chris Baker, RN, DMD .............................AOS Ernest Barbosa, DDS .............................AGpO Eugene Boone, DDS ..............................AGpO Steve Bradley, DDS................................AGpO Fred Der, DDS .......................................AGpO Joe Drinkwater, DDS .............................AGpO Scott Earp, DDS.....................................AGpO Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS.........................AOS Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS.....................AOS Joe Fallin, DDS ......................................AGpO Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD .....................AOS Joe Haack, DDS ........................................AOS Kevin J. Hester, DDS ................................AOS Roy Holexa, DDS ..................................AGpO Thomas Jacobsen, DDS.........................AGpO Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS..................AGpO Kyle McCrea, DDS.................................AGpO Sherman Menser, DDS ..........................AGpO Brian Olsen, DDS ..................................AGpO Ann Mary Orr, DDS .................................AOS James Orrington, DMD............................AOS David Pendleton, DDS..........................AGpO Leslie R. Penley, DDS ............................AGpO Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS ...................AOS Robert Shirley, DDS ..............................AGpO Juan J. Solano, DDS .................................AOS Kurt Stodola, DDS.................................AGpO David Thorfinnson, DDS .........................AOS Walter Tippen, DDS ..............................AGpO John Wells, DDS ...................................AGpO Bradford R. Williams, DDS ......................AOS Paul L. Winborn, DDS .............................AOS William Wyatt, Sr., DDS ..........................AOS ADVERTISER INDEX Academy of Gp Orthodontics ......46 American Orthodontic Society ........47 Dolphin Imaging Systems ............33 Henry Schein Orthodontics ............4 Johns Dental Labs ..................13, 37 KaVo Kerr Group ..........................48 Myofunctional Research Co. ..........2 RMO, Inc. ......................................3 6 Fall 2015 JAOS
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