AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses Warm Up and do your stretches for a little Spring Training! The AOS annual Orthodontic Review Course , otherwise known as “Spring Training,” will be conducted March 16th and 17th in sunny Orlando, Florida! Let the family play at Disneyworld -just ten minutes away -while you sharpen your orthodontic skills and get some required CE credits. In addition to 9 speakers covering 7 topics of interest, this year we’re also offering a credentialing requirements review course for those of you on your trek to becoming an AOS Diplomate, and two days of top-notch instruction for assistants! (Please visit www.buenavistapalace.com Special rates for AOS registrants.) If you missed the first weekend of Dr. Bill Wyatt and Dr. Larry White’s Orthodontics in Today’s Dental Practice , you may still attend any of the remaining three sessions, March 2-3, April 27-28, or May 18-19. This intermediate concepts and techniques course is our only session-by-session offering and covers everything from patient consultation and diagnoses, treat-ment planning and therapies to identifying the different classes of malocclusions to archwire construc-tion and wire bending. (16 CE hours per session) Dr. Dave Jackson’s six-session Premiere course gets underway March 1-3 in Dallas, TX. This is a clinical course in the truest sense of the word, consisting of lecture and hands-on instruction Thursday and Friday, with Saturday in-office prac-tice on live patients. This program is designed for dentists with little or no experience in orthodontics who want to incorporate it into their practice or progress from removable appliances to a comprehensive, fixed technique. Subsequent dates: Apr. 26-28, June 21-23, Aug. 23-25, Oct. 18-20, Nov. 29 -Dec. 1. (120 total CE hours) Want to learn how to treat 80% of malocclusions that walk through your door? Dr. Joseph Schmid-bauer’s Comprehensive Orthodontic Education in Atlanta will do just that! This five-session course in Atlanta teaches the attendee case election, proper diagnosis, proper orthodontic records, predictable non-extraction treatment mechanics, and case finishing. It is ideally suited for the general dentist who has no orthodontic training other than dental school. Session dates: March 2-4, June 8-10, Aug. 17-19, Sept. 14-16, Nov. 9-11. (100 total CE hours) Dr. Leonard Carapezza’s Early Treatment of Malocclusion course(s) begin in Boston in March. These courses offer a unique oppor-tunity for general and pediatric dentists to learn early treatment techniques in a private office setting. Each session is arranged to give an in-depth study of the Straight-Wire system using state-of-the-art audio/visual procedures. Dates for beginning course: March 22–24, May 3-5, July 12-14, Sept. 6-8. Advanced session dates: March 29-31, May 10-12, July 19-21, Sept. 13-15. (96 total CE hours) Looking ahead…Dr. Jackson will be conducting his Interceptive Orthodontics update weekend May 25-27 in picturesque Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! During three half-day sessions, Dr. Dave will update you on hot topics and current orthodontic techniques. This amazing weekend course provides you with a unique oppor-tunity to improve your ortho skills and get 12 valuable CE credits in one of the world’s most beautiful settings! Visit www.hiltonlosca-bos.com, special rates for course registrants available.) You can always stay abreast of AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! The American Orthodontic Society 2012 Officers & Directors President Mitchell S. Parker, DDS President-Elect Juan J. Solano, DDS Vice President Michael J. Newman, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Chris Baker, RN, DMD Board of Directors Jeffrey H. Ahlin, DDS Azita Anissi, DDS Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Robert G. Gerety, DDS Joseph M. Haack, DDS Michael J. Newman, DDS Anne Mary Orr, DDS David M. Thorfinnson, DDS Bradford R. Williams, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS Board of Examiners Chris Baker, RN, DMD Jordan Balvich, DMD Leonard J. Carapezza, DMD Kenneth Ellis, DDS Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD, P.A Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 January/February 2012 JAOS Scan with your smartphone to view all course details.
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society January-February 2012: Page 44
