PUBLISHED BY Wright Publishing Group, Inc. 726 Pasadena Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33707 (727) 343-5600 E-mail: lisa@wrightgrp.com www.wrightgrp.com ADVERTISING SALES & ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBIT MANAGER Kimberly Price Integrity Media Group 10706 Preserve Lake Drive Suite 6-110 Tampa, FL 33626 Toll Free: (800) 448-1601 x 5 Phone: (813) 749-0012 Fax: (813) 864-4454 E-mail: kprice@orthodontics.com 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. CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE is a career dental hygienist and champion of minimally invasive dental hygiene. She is the recipient of the World Congress of Mini-mally Invasive Dentistry Leadership Award, as well as a popular author and speaker. The book series, The Purple Guide, continues to grow with her recent contribution, Confronting Caries, available at www.rdhpurpleguide.com. Rolf Hagelganz is the president of American manufac-turer World Class Technology and its sister company Ortho Classic. Rolf Hagelganz has been in the manufac-turing business since 1981; starting at age 13 working for his father as a tool and die maker. Having literally grown up in the business, Rolf helped at a young age in the creation of the original metal injection molding formula. That same formula is used today in the manufacture of all Ortho Classic orthodon-tic brackets. Rolf is the creator and mind behind the OrthoVend Simpli-fied Inventory System. Arafa Mohammad Arafa Khatab, BDS, MSc, PhD is a faculty member of the University of Egypt as well as a lecturer of Pedodontics. A graduate of Tanta University of Egypt, Dr. Khatab has spent hundreds of hours in research, gaining clinical experiences and receiving train-ing in dental sedation, implant and root canal therapy. David W. Jackson, DDS, FAGD, IBO, graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1978. Dr. Jackson, a member of AOS and AGpO, as well as other professional organizations, lectures extensively for the American Orthodontic Society and the International Association for Orthodontics. His insight to the real world of orthodon-tics in the general practice is honest and informative. Find out about upcoming seminars at orthoplusseminars.com. Gary Johnson has spent the bulk of his career in c-level positions, most notably as a management consultant. In addition to his MBA, he holds a MA in Management and an a BA in Business Administration. Gary has been a featured writer in various publications including Orthodon-tic Products magazine. He has also been a featured speaker for various orthodontic schools including: St. Louis University, University of MO at Kansas City, Vanderbilt, University of Illinois at Chicago. Gary has also been a featured speaker for the American Association of Dental Office Managers as well as hundreds of practices around the country. Jim R. Prittinen, DDS received his DDS degree from the University of Minnesota in 1981 and has been an orthodon-tic instructor for the United States Dental Institute since 1993 and the director of Practical Orthodontics since 1997. Practi-cal Orthodontics is an organization whose mission is to provide orthodontic education opportunities for dentists. Dr. Prittinen maintains a general dental practice in Virginia, MN, where he treats about 50 orthodontic cases per year. Dr. Prittinen has had numerous orthodontic articles and reviews published in General Dentistry and many other journals. His website, www.practicalorthoce.com, is a site dedicated to providing orthodontic education to general practitioners who want to learn more about orthodontics. www.orthodontics.com July/August 2011 7 COPYRIGHT © 2011. 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. or via email at lisa@wrightgrp.com. SUBSCRIPTIONS The Journal of the American Orthodontic Society is a benefit of membership for current American Orthodontic Society and Academy of Gp Orthodontics members. Annual subscriptions to the bi-monthly journal (6 issues per year) are available at a rate of $60/year for US residents, $120 USD/year for Canada and $150 USD/year internationally. 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