A s a dentist who provides orthodontic care for your patients, you’ve embraced orthodontics with a passion and constantly seek continuing education through courses and through the annual meetings of the American Orthodontic Society and the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. You share with your peers and mentors about cases you have completed with success and about others you may need guidance with. You learn every day, through self-education and continuing education in order to become the best in your field. You provide mentorship to others. As case after case is finished, you find you have learned a new trick, used a shortcut, or learned that sometimes taking the long road is the better way to treat and finally finish a case with great success. You have made great friends through the camaraderie that spending time together at the AOS and AGpO Annual Meetings offers. There is so much information on available techniques and products. So, how do you make the most of it during your time spent at the annual meetings? Take a moment and ask yourself a few questions about how you’ve learned about the products that are available to you in your orthodontic practice: í Was it through journal articles you’ve read in the Journal of the American Orthodontic Society or other industry specific publications? í Did AOS and AGpO instructors in a continuing education lecture or workshop share with you their knowledge about specific techniques and products and how to incorporate them into your own practice to provide outstanding orthodontic care? í Did you visit the exhibit hall during previous meetings and talk with the manufacturer and supplier representatives about how to use their products and to share with them how their products and services have helped you to grow in your orthodontic practice? Did you look to the companies to help you streamline your orthodontic practice or try a new technique? í Did you make a shopping list before visiting the exhibit hall last year, knowing there were items you planned to learn more about? Did you make any purchases? The AOS and AGpO are here to help you in every stage of your orthodontic practice. In addition to rele-vant articles and the best instructors, we also provide you, each year, with a very important opportunity to have face-to-face time with the companies you so rarely get to visit with in person. For attendees of the 2012 AOS Annual Meeting, we are excited to have partnered with Map Your Show (MYS) to bring their exciting, award-winning, interac-tive service for your ease-of-use in planning your schedule during the meeting. Educational tracks with speaker bios and course descriptions will be available “As general and pediatric dentists, how many times each year do you have the opportunity to visit with knowledgeable orthodontic advisors? From relationship building to product & service education, this may be the only face time you have with these orthodontic supply companies during the year.” for you to plan your schedule. You have the opportu-nity to visit the exhibit hall months in advance of the show. This will enable you to get to know our exhibitors and even request information from them in advance of the show, or even reach out to schedule an appointment with them before seeing them on the show floor. 24/7 access of the AOS Annual Meeting information can be found by following www.mapyour-show.com/shows/index.cfm?Show_ID=AOS12 This year, we encourage you to make the most of your shopping experience during the AGpO meeting which takes place from September 20-22, 2012 in Houston, TX and the AOS Annual Meeting which will be held from October 4-7, 2012 in Memphis, TN. www.orthodontics.com July/August 2012 13
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