AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Start The New Year With Advanced Tip-Edge Course Dr. Ron Austin will be teaching his five-session, Advanced Tip-Edge Course, beginning January 18, 2013 in Tishomingo, OK. Take your Tip-Edge to the next level with this course! Dr. Austin has over 4,000 completed Tip-Edge cases and will give you a wealth of practical knowledge. This advanced course includes five two-day sessions complete with four days in clinic treating patients and six days of lecture. Topics covered will include all stages of the Tip-Edge Technique, as well as impactions, expansion, case finishing, retention, surgical cases, functional appliances and the fabrication of the Austin Protraction Arch. www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2012 Officers President Fred Der, DDS President Elect Kyle McCrea, DDS Vice President Eugene Boone, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Steven Bradley, DDS Immediate Past-President Samuel L. Gutovitz, DDS Board of Directors Felicia Burridge, DDS Joseph Drinkwater, DDS Sherman Menser, DDS Brian Olsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Jill Snyder, DDS Kurt Stodola, DDS John Wells, DMD Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 48 November/December 2012 JAOS New Location: 12-Session Hands-On Course The start of 2013 will bring with it a new location for the Academy’s 12-session, hands-on course. “Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.” Dr. Roy Holexa will be teaching this class in Cascade, Iowa, at the office of newly appointed AGpO Secre-tary-Treasurer, Dr. Steven Bradley. If you know of someone looking to start their orthodontic training, please have them call Executive Director Adam Griswold at 800-634-2027 for course information.