AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses Renew yourself and your practice this spring with some excel-lent orthodontic courses!For more information, visit our website at www.orthodontics.com or call (800) 448-1601. 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 John N. Hanchon, DDS Immediate Past President & JAOS Co-Editor Jordan J. Balvich, DMD Dr. Ed Gonzalez leads his Early Treatment for the Pediatric and General Dentist weekend course in Orlando. 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 Winter got you down? Feel the need for a little warmth on your epidermis? Dr. Leonard Carapezza will begin his four-session Early Treatment of Malocclusion course in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, FL April 8-10. This “beginning” course is arranged to give each student an in-depth study of the Straight-Wire system using state-of-the-art audio/visual procedures. Course continues June 3-5, Aug. 19-21, and Nov. 18-20. (24 credit hours per session) The final two sessions of Drs. White and Wyatt’s popular course, Orthodontics In Today’s Dental Practice – Concepts and Techniques, will be April 8-9 and May 20 – 21 in Dallas. No worries if you missed the first two weekends; this intermediate course is session-by-session! (16 credit hours per session) Dr. David Jackson will conduct his four-session Next Steps lecture and participation course in Dallas April 15-17, May 20-22, Aug. 12-14 and Sept. 9-11. This course is designed for the orthodontic practi-tioner who has recently completed a basic course or the doctor who may have been practicing orthodontics and would like an update in the latest concepts. (20 credit hours per session) Offered in conjunction with the first two sessions of Dr. Dave’s Next Steps will be the Empow-ered Basic course for assis-tants. This two-session hands-on course covers everything from orthodontic terminology and patient care forms to actual band-ing and bracketing! And running concurrently with the latter two sessions will be The Empowered Advance course for assistants. (20 credit hours per session) And, finally, Dr. Dave is taking his “Connection” international! Beautiful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico will be the site for his Intercep-tive Orthodontics Update Weekend June 9-11. This course will be three half-day sessions covering the many uses of utility arch wires, as well as expansion and repositioning appliances and reten-tion after Phase I. Come learn a lot and live a little in Cabo San Lucas! (12 credit hours) Stay abreast of AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! Board of Examiners 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 60 March/April 2011 JAOS
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