AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses Comprehensive orthodontic courses beginning this fall! For more information, visit our website at www.orthodontics.com or call (800) 448-1601. There’s still time to register for The Empowered Advanced course for assistants in Dallas (in conjunction with the last two sessions of Dr. David Jackson’s Next Steps ) August 12-14 and September 9-11. This two-session Level II course is hands-on and covers place-ment of appliances, accentuated curves in arch wires, cross arch elas-tics, long ligatures for anchorage, and the business side of orthodon-tics! (16 CE hours per session) In the early fall, two excellent basic comprehensive courses will get underway. Dr. David Jackson will begin his basic straight wire course, The Missing Piece , in Dallas September 16-18 and in Houston September 23-25. This four session lecture and participa-tion class focuses on learning and implementing a proven system for orthodontic treatment on children and adults. Areas covered will be interceptive orthodontics, transi-tional orthodontics, and Phase I into Phase II. Subsequent sessions are in November 2011, January 2012, and concluding in February 2012. (20 CE hours per session) Our other basic comprehensive class, Orthodontics & Craniofa-cial Orthopedics , will be conducted by Dr. Chris Baker beginning September 16-17 in Baltimore. This five session course will also be offered in Phoenix beginning September 23-24. Leave this lecture and participation course with a complete understanding of the biologic basis of tooth move-ment and functional appliances, mechanical principles, diagnosis, and efficient clinical application, enabling you to provide quality long-term care in an affordable, profitable manner. Course concludes in May 2012. (20 CE hours per session) November 4-6 will find Dr. David Jackson in Dallas conducting his Connection Update . This weekend lecture class will focus on molar distalization vs. mandibular repositioning. Stay connected and up-to-date! (20 CE hours) November 4-6 will also find Robin Schmidbauer leading a Basic Assistants course in Atlanta. This course is geared toward the chair-side assistant who is new to orthodontics or to the Straight-Wire technique.(16 CE hours) You can always stay abreast of AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! The American Orthodontic Society 2011 Officers & Directors President & Board Examiner Chris Baker, RN, DMD President-Elect Mitchell S. Parker, DDS Vice President Juan J. Solano, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President & JAOS Co-Editor Jordan J. Balvich, DMD Board of Directors Azita Anissi, DDS Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS Robert G. Gerety, DDS Joseph M. Haack, DDS Michael J. Newman, DDS David M. Thorfinnson, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS Friend of AOS Retires Jerry Kinney, a good friend of the AOS , recently retired after 27 years with Johns Dental Lab. He has been a consistent voice and a familiar face for our doctors and assistants. He will certainly be missed by his company and the hundreds of dental professionals he has come to know and support in their practice of dentistry. We wish Jerry the best in retirement!! Board of Examiners Jordan Balvich, DMD Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD, P.A David W. Jackson, DDS Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 46 July/August 2011 JAOS
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