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 The Tortoise and the Hare We have all heard or read Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare. Both were part of a race. The hare was quick and fast. During the course of the race, he would sprint ahead then stop and then repeat this again and again. The tortoise on the other hand continued to run his race at a fixed steady pace moving relentlessly through the course until he finally won the race. It's a great message about how slow and steady wins the race, but there is one thing we need to remember about this tale. No matter how fast or how slow either of them went; no matter whether or not they stopped along the way or kept on going, they both finished. The hare may have been disap-pointed in not winning, but he still got to the finish line. Being the first to the finish line is great, but the race itself and making it to the finish line are what is more important. Becoming a Diplomate is a kind of race, resembling more of a marathon then a 5K, but getting there first is not as important as finishing. As you proceed with becoming a Diplomate, you may move through the process at a slow and steady pace or you may prefer to sprint and take small rests every now and then. Just keep moving toward your final goal. This past spring, four members finished their "race" and crossed the finish line by becoming Diplomates. Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Dahm, Dr. Anna Kalmanovich, Dr. Kylene Fernandez and Dr. Matthew Geddes --each of them ran their own race, but they all reached their goal. You may have been working for some time on moving forward to become a Diplomate and you may feel as though you are on the cusp of success. Or, you may have just started and your goal may seem distant. Just make sure that you get there in the end and finish the race. Doris Brown Heritage was a pioneer in women's distance running. She once said, "When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting". By being part of the "race" to become a Diplomate, you learn a lot about yourself and about your orthodon-tics. When you reach your final goal, we will be there to cheer you and congratulate you. Not for sprinting or for being slow and steady, but for simply pressing forward, working hard and crossing the finish line. Congratulations to all Diplomates! 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 Steve Bradley, DDS................................AGpO Ronald Cass, 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 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 ..41 American Orthodontic Society..23 AOA Lab ............................11 Dolphin Imaging Systems ..37 Henry Schein Orthodontics 47 KaVo Kerr Group ................48 Ortho Arch ........................15 Myofunctional Research Co. ..2 4 Fall 2017 JAOS
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