AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses Settin’ Up for a Sizzlin’ Summer! 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 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico will be the picturesque setting for Dr. David Jackson’s Interceptive Orthodontics Update Weekend May 25-27! During three half-day sessions, Dr. Dave will update you on hot topics and current orthodontic techniques. This amaz-ing weekend course provides you with a unique opportunity to improve your ortho skills and get valuable CE credits in one of the world’s most beautiful settings! (12 CE hours) (Visit www.hiltonlosca-bos.com for special rates for course registrants.) Dr. Chris Baker will be in Balti-more for another round of her iOrtho Interception Orthodon-tics weekend class July 20-21. This lecture and participation class demonstrates iPad technology in diagnosing child patients and utilizing resources for cephalomet-ric tracing and treatment planning. Each participant will receive an iPad! This class will also be offered in San Antonio November 9-10. (13 CE hours) Dr. Gonzalez will hold his Early Treatment for the Pediatric and General Dentist weekend course again at the beautiful Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando August 3-4. This 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) The Empowered Advanced will be led by Susan Coffey, RDA, August 10-11 and September 7-8 in Dallas. These weekends will run conjunctively with the third and fourth sessions of Dr. David Jack-son’s Next Steps course. In these two courses 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) Looking towards fall, Dr. Jack-son’s new “Level 1a Basic Orthodontics” course (formerly “Missing Piece” ) starts Septem-ber 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 treat-ing over 70% of orthodontic cases that walk through your door! Subsequent sessions are in November 2012, February and March 2013. (80 CE hours total) 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 44 May/June 2012 JAOS You can always stay abreast of AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! Scan with your smartphone to view all course details.
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society May-June 2012: Page 44
