AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Differential Straight-Arch Technique Three-Day Assistant’s Course Dr. Charles Young will be teaching the Academy’s three-day assis-tant course in Plano, TX, on August 4th – August 7th , Charles Young, DDS 2011 with an optional Sunday session on Cephalometric tracing and model analysis. The course is intended for assistants with little orthodontic 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 auxil-iaries using the Tip-Edge ® system. Dr. Young will cover the Tip-Edge ® stages of treatment, tracing of cephalometric x-rays and model analysis of arch length discrepancy. The Academy will provide a T.P. supply kit, which includes bracket kits, a straight shooter and 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 beautiful Marriott Legacy Town Center in Plano, Texas. Lodging is available with reserva-tions made through Marriott at (800) 228-9290. Room rate is $119.00 S/D Plus tax.Course seat-ing is limited. Registration dead-line is July 8, 2011. Register today at the Academy’s main office (800) 634-2027. www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2011 Officers President Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Vice President Sam Gutovitz, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Fred Der, DDS Immediate Past-President Marc Dandois, DDS Board of Directors Eugene Boone, DDS Felicia Burridge, DDS Kyle McCrea, DDS Leslie R. Penley, DDS Kurt Raack, DDS Jill Snyder, DDS Kurt Stodola, DDS John Wells, DDS Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Barry Sockel, DDS Walter L. Tippen, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 58 March/April 2011 JAOS
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society March-April 2011: Page 58
