AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS Proud to Serve You It is my honor and privilege to have been selected by you, my colleagues to serve as President of the American Orthodontic Soci-ety for the coming year. I want to thank our outgoing president, Jordan Balvich, for giving so much of his time and his heart to this organization during an unprecedented year of change. Chris Baker, RN, DMD I was introduced to this Society AOS President only 10 years ago through a weekend program the AOS sponsored, honoring the late Dr. Walter Doyle. I learned quickly about the educational value and the spirit of this unique association. I sought its creden-tialing and was honored to be asked to serve on two boards, both the Directors and the Examiners. Today, I stand humbled, thrilled, and determined to push the limits of our AOS and its sister charitable Foundation even further, beyond its current boundaries. Some of you have seen me asking you to open your hearts and give to our Foundation! In this upcoming year, I will ask you to give of your ideas, energy, time and finances as you can and as you will. Given the support of a very talented Board of Directors, and an equally talented cadre of speakers, instructors and professional staff, and with YOU, the AOS is in outstanding health. Let’s bring out the best and highest of ourselves this year! Membership grew 10 percent this past year --let’s grow another 10 percent this coming year. Our Annual Meeting is a fabulous forum for learning and mentoring. Let’s double the numbers of people who enjoy, learn and share at next year’s annual meeting. Our mentoring program: Are you a mentor? If not, please let me know and we’ll get you on board! With all of us supporting, encouraging, assisting and growing our knowl-edge together, our doctors will continue to be the standout best orthodontic practitioners in the world. And speaking of the world – this year with the help of our fabulous Executive Director, Tom Chapman, the AOS will go international. Let’s seize the moment with our international colleagues. It’s time to show off our world-class teaching talent! AOS Tier Advancement, Achievement, Fellowship and Diplo-mate. It is inspiring to see so many people credentialing. Let’s increase our Fellows and Diplomates by another 20 percent. Let’s continue to be the “go to” organization for orthodon-tic education within our sister organizations like the Academy of General Dentistry and the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Finally, let’s make this year a year of love and of the grati-tude it creates. There is nothing greater than pure love. When we act and interact from that state and not from fear --when we truly love ourselves, love our Creator and love each other --certainly the best and highest of people comes out. You are awesome. You have to be proud to be part of such a great group of people, and as president, I am proud to work with you, to know you, to be part of this fantastic year of excellence! Thank you for the honor. Chris Baker, RN, DMD Dave’s Next Steps. This two-session hands-on course covers everything from orthodontic terminology and patient care forms to actual banding and bracketing! (40 credit hours) Speaking of educating your office staff, Kay Gerety brings her energy to Atlanta the weekend of June 10-12 for her Advanced Straight-Wire For Assistants class. This is not a begin-ning course! This two-day program is an excellent follow-up for assistants who have previously participated in Straight Wire® courses or have exten-sive experience in orthodontic assist-ing. (13 credit hours) Stay abreast of AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com! (continued from page 44) in 7 of 10 pediatric patients. If you can’t make it to Phoenix, Dr. Cara-pezza will offer this course again in Chicago, IL on March 18-19. (14 credit hours) Dr. Joseph Schmidbauer and Dr. Jordan Balvich will begin their five-session Comprehensive Orthodontic Education course March 11-13 in Atlanta. Partici-pants will learn case selection, proper diagnosis, orthodontic records, non-extraction mechan-ics, and case finishing. Their course continues June 10-12, Aug. 5-7, Sept. 9-11, Nov. 4-6. (20 credit hours per session) Dr. David Jackson’s The Connection Update Weekend will be March 25-27 in Houston, TX. This update on Palatal Expan-sion will cover the nitanium palatal expander, the rapid palatal expander, and rapid expansion versus slow alveolar remodeling. (20 credit hours) If you want to delve deeper into the Early Treatment of Maloc-clusion than Dr. Carapezza’s ulti-mate two-day class, then try his four-session course! The “beginning” level starts March 3-5 in Wayland, MA, and continues April 28-29, July 7-9, and Sept. 8-10. The “advanced” tier begins March 24-26, continues May 12-14, July 14-16, and wraps up Sept. 15-17. (24 credit hours per session) Dr. David Jackson will conduct his popular four-session Next Steps lecture and participation course April 15-17, May 20-22, Aug. 12-14 and Sept. 9-11 in Dallas, TX. This course is designed for the orthodon-tic practitioner 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) The Empowered Compre-hensive Class for Assistants will be offered in conjunction with the first two sessions of Dr. Dr. Dave Jackson's Fall 2010 Missing Piece class in Houston, TX. www.orthodontics.com November/December 2010 45
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