PUBLISHED BY Wright Publishing Group, Inc. 1120 Pinellas Bayway South, #205 Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (727) 343-5600 E-mail: lisa@wrightgrp.com www.wrightgrp.com CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Elsa Alfonzo-Echeverri, DDS, FAAPD, is the Vice President of Echeverri Dental Center in Houston, TX. She is fluent in both English and Spanish and is an international speaker having made presentations in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Spain and the USA. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Assn of Pediatric Dentistry and the AOS. ADVERTISING SALES Emily Tarr (205) 563-9313 E-mail: etarr@orthodontics.com ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBIT MANAGER Porter Lyon American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com Juan Carlos Echeverri, DDS, FAOS, After earning his DDS in his native country of Colombia, Dr. Echeverri moved to the US to pursue graduate studies. He received his Certificate of Maxillofacial Prosthetic Dentistry from LSU School of Dentistry in 1989 and his DDS from UT-Houston in 1992. Fluent in Spanish and English, he has lectured in Colombia, Venezuela, and Spain, in addition to the US and has published articles in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and the Journal of the American Orthodontic Society. His private practice in Houston focuses on a comprehensive approach to the treatment of patients, including restorative, prosthetic, and implant dentistry, as well as minor oral surgery and orthodontics. Dr. Echeverri is a Diplomate of the AOS and an AOS Past President. Kulbir Singh Goraya, BDS, DDS, has been a practicing dentist for over two decades and is a member of AOS. He graduated with a B.D.S. degree in India in 1996 and a D.D.S. degree from the University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine in 2012. As a general dentist, he maintains special interest in orthodontics and has published several articles in orthodontic journals. In addition, he has presented at national and international conferences in India. ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL POLICY The American Orthodontic Society welcomes advertising in its publications as an important means of keeping the orthodontic practitioner informed of new and better products and services for the practice of orthodontics. Such advertising must be factual, dignified, tasteful and intended to provide useful product and service information. These standards apply to all product-specific promotional material submitted to the American Orthodontic Soci-ety. The publication of an advertisement is not to be construed as an endorsement or approval by the American Orthodontic Soci-ety unless the advertisement specifically includes an authorized statement that such approval or endorsement has been granted. The fact that an advertisement for a product, service or company has appeared in an Amer-ican Orthodontic Society publication will not be referred to in collateral advertising. The American Orthodontic Society reserves the right to accept or reject advertising at its sole discretion for any product or service submitted for publication. Andrey Horton, DDS, is a Diplomate of the AOS and an Indianapolis, IN native. He completed his pre-dental studies and earned his Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Bloomington. After earning his DDS from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry (Nashville, TN) in 2000, he completed a General Practice Residency in 2001 from the Indianapolis Roudebush VA Hospital. He currently owns two dental offices in Indianapolis and has been a member of the AOS since 2008. He has over 700 orthodontic cases documented in Dolphin. Shohreh Sharif, DDS, FAAPD, FICD, is a Diplomate of the AOS and American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She has been practicing pediatric dentistry and orthodontics for the past 24 years in Northern VA. As an adjunct associate professor at Howard University College of Dentistry, there she teaches post-doctoral residents on practice management and interceptive orthodontic treatment. Dr. Sharif is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric dentistry and International College of Dentists. Saskia Vaughan, DDS, graduated in 1989 from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, TX. She earned her mastership in the Academy Of General Dentistry in 2011. In 2015, she earned a Lifelong Learning and Service Reward from the Academy. Dr Vaughan has served on the Texas Academy of General Dentistry’s Education committee since 2016. She is also a board member for the American Orthodontic Society and has received the AOS Board of Diplomates Achievement Award. Dr. Vaughan has been in private practice in Mineral Wells, TX for 30 years. Seven years ago, she added orthodontic services to an already thriving general practice in her community. By serving with Medical Ministries International on an annual mission trip to the Dominican Republic, she has found a way to give back through dentistry. One of her passions is photography. Whenever she and husband Paul get a chance to explore the great outdoors, she can be found peering through the lens at the beauty God created in nature. www.orthodontics.com COPYRIGHT © 2019 . Journal of the American Orthodontic Society. The material in each issue of the JAOS is protected by copyright. None of it may be duplicated, reprinted or reproduced in any manner without express written consent from the publisher. All inquiries and/or requests should be submitted in writing to Wright Publishing Group, Inc. via e-mail to jaos@wrightgrp.com. Fall 2019 5
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