AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Differential Straight-Arch Technique; Three-Day Assistant’s Course Dr. Charles Young will be teaching the Academy’s three-day assistant course in Plano, TX, on July 25-July 28, 2013, with an optional Sunday session on Cephalometric tracing and model analysis. The Charles Young, DDS course is intended for assistants with little orthodon-tic training as well as a refresher course for the more experienced assistants. The course will give the chair side assistant a better understanding of orthodontics and the Differential Straight-Arch ® Technique. Assistants will be working in pairs on study casts from your office along with typodants from the Academy. Assistants will learn how to apply brackets, bands and auxiliaries using the Tip-Edge ® System. Dr. Young will cover the Tip-Edge ® stages of treatment, tracing of cephalometric x-rays and model analysis for the diagnosis of arch length discrepancy. The Academy will provide a T.P. Orthodontics supply kit, which includes bracket kits, a straight shooter and a carousel dispenser (a value of over $300 for these items alone, which you take home). A list of additional supplies needed from your office will be sent with course confirmation. This year’s course will meet at the Marriott Legacy Towne Center. Lodg-ing is available with reservations made through the hotel at (888) 236 2427. The registration deadline is June 25, so don’t delay as this popular course fills quickly and seating is limited. Call the Academy’s main office at (800)-634-2027. www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2013 Officers President Fred Der, DDS President Elect Kyle McCrea, DDS Vice President Eugene Boone, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Steven Bradley, DDS Immediate Past-President Samuel L. Gutovitz, DDS Board of Directors Felicia Burridge, DDS Joseph Drinkwater, DDS Sherman Menser, DDS Brian Olsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Jill Snyder, DDS Kurt Stodola, DDS John Wells, DMD Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 42 January/February 2013 JAOS Academy Dentists Share Insight; Don’t Miss Spring Refresher! The Academy of Gp Orthodon-tics is pleased to present the 2013 Spring Refresher Roundup. This two-day event will take place on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, Roy Holexa, DDS April 20, at the Marriott Legacy Town Center in Plano, TX. Featured speakers and topics will include Mr. Paul Gange from Reliance Orthodontic Products. Dr. Jeffrey Gerhardt will speak on “Distilizing Molars”. Dr. Robert Allen will lecture on Class II Cases. Dr. Sherman Menser will speak on extraction cases, Dr. Ron Austin will lecture on the Austin Protrac-tion Arch. Dr. Roy Holexa and Dr. Fred Der will speak on a Potpourri Ron Austin, DDS Robert Allen, DDS of Tip-Edge. Dr. Tom Jacobson will lecture on Intra-Oral Photography and Dr. Charles Young will speak on the Step Out/Toe In and its use in Class II cases. To register, call the Academy headquarters at (800) 634-2027. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve and refresh your orthodontic skills and network with other dentists and pedodon-tists who practice orthodontics.
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society January-February 2013: Page 42
