AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses The beautiful Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando will once again be the site of Dr. Ed Gonzalez’s Early Treatment for the Pediatric and General Dentist course August 3-4. This weekend course is designed to give the pediatric dentist first-hand knowledge of early treatment “Stop Point” orthodontics. No prior orthodontic knowledge is required. (14 CE hours) Susan Coffey, RDA, will lead her Empowered Advanced course for assistants August 10-11 and September 7-8 in Dallas. These weekends coincide with the third and fourth sessions of Dr. David Jackson’s Next Steps course. In these two sessions, learn everything from basic orthodontic terminology to the concept of full intercuspation of premolars, cross arch elastics, and preparing a simple sectional arch wire. (16 CE hours each) More opportunities for assis-tants! Robin Schmidbauer will teach her Basic Straight Wire for Assistants class September 14-16 in conjunction with session #4 of Dr. Joe Schmidbauer’s Comprehensive Orthodontic Education class in Atlanta. Robin’s Advanced Straight Wire class will be November 9-11. The Basic begins with proper record-keeping, and the Advanced finishes with archwire placement. (16 CE hours each) Dr. Jackson’s new “1a Basic Orthodontics” course (formerly “Missing Piece” ) starts September 14-16 in Dallas and the following weekend in Houston. This four-session course for general and pediatric dentists focuses on learning a proven system for diagnosing and treating over 70% of orthodontic cases that walk through your door! Subsequent sessions are in November 2012, February and March 2013. (80 CE hours total) Dr. Chris Baker’s Orthodon-tics and Craniofacial Ortho-pedics Comprehensive Course I begins September 14-15 in Baltimore and the follow-ing weekend in Phoenix. This is a four-session course designed to provide attendees with a solid and confident knowledge of orthodontics through under-standing biologic basis of tooth movement, growth, functional appliances, mechanical princi-ples, diagnosis, and efficient clinical application. (80 CE hours total) Dr. Baker will also hold her iOrtho Interception Orthodontics weekend class in San Antonio November 9-10. This lecture and participation class uses iPad technology in diagnos-ing child patients and utilizing resources for cephalometric trac-ing and treatment planning. Each participant receives an iPad! (13 CE hours) NEW! After multiple requests to the AOS, Dr. Jackson will offer a new Case Finishing for Straight Wire Mechanics weekend course in Orlando November 16-17! This intensive two-day program will cover in-depth the seating and activation of the Multi-Distalizing Arch, maxillary and mandibular, and the Nitanium Expander. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your case finishing knowledge! (15 CE hours) 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 Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 90 July/August 2012 JAOS Scan with your smartphone to view all course details.
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society July-August 2012 Buyer's Guide: Page 90
