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SUBSCRIPTIONS The Journal of the American Orthodontic Society is a benefit of membership for current American Orthodontic Society and Academy of Gp Orthodontics members. Annual subscriptions to the bi-monthly journal (6 issues per year) are available at a rate of $60/year for US residents, $120 USD/year for Canada and $150 USD/year internationally. Back issues are available at a rate of $10 per copy until supplies run out. To subscribe to the JAOS, please visit www.orthodontics.com.. Valerie Harding is positioned as a marketing strategist at MedChoice Financial. She has worked for over nine years consulting and helping healthcare organizations grow their businesses. Valerie’s strength lies in providing strategic counsel and in defining a company’s market dynamics and core competencies in context of market trends and value. CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Ben Burris, DDS, MDS has a private practice in Arkansas. He graduated from UT Memphis in 2004 and lives in Jonesboro with his wife and two children. Ben spends a great deal of time writing and speaking to residents about the business of orthodontics. He is also the founder of “The Progressive Orthodontist” magazine and Smile for a Lifetime Foundation. To contact him, visit www.facebook.com/bgburris. Jeanne Boseker, BSN, RDH is a private practice dental hygienist living in the Chicago suburbs. She received her BSN from the University of Iowa in 1996, then found her passion in dentistry working as an assistant for a pediatric dentist, a general dentist and an orthodontist. She graduated with her AAS in dental hygiene in 2006. She worked for three years at a small general dentistry practice. Currently, she works part-time at a busy public aid dental office and various dental offices. Pablo Echarri, DDS has over 25 years of clinical experience in orthodon-tics and operates a private practice in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Echarri is a collab-orating professor in Orthodontic Masters Studies at the University of Barcelona and director of the Ortodoncia Clinica Journal. He has memberships in over 14 associations and societies in the orthodontic industry and is a founding member of the World Society of Lingual Orthodontics. Dr. Echarri has published 10 books, including “Microimplants and Orthodontics,” and written over 90 articles in orthodontic journals in nine countries. Juan Carlos Echeverri, DDS, FAOS is the owner of Echeverri Dental Center in Houston, TX. Fluent in English and Spanish, he has made presentations in Colombia, Venezuela, Spain and the USA in prosthesis, implants and orthodontics including dental education for patients. Echeverri is the creator and director of the dental education outreach program for the schools surrounding his practice. He is a member of the Greater Houston Dental Society, Texas Dental Society, American Orthodontic Society, American Dental Association and Academy of General Dentistry. Elsa Alfonzo-Echeverri, DDS, FAAPD is the Vice President of Echeverri Dental Center in Houston TX. She is fluent in both English and Spanish and is an international speaker having made presentations in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Spain and the USA. After receiving her DDS degree at the University of Zulia in 1982 in Venezuela, she finished her Pediatric Residency at LSU in 1988. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry and The American Orthodontic Society. Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE is a career dental hygienist and cham-pion of minimally invasive dental hygiene. She is the recipient of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry Leadership Award, and popular author and speaker. The book series, The Purple Guide, continues to grow with her recent contribution Confronting Caries available at www.rdhpurpleguide.com David W. Jackson, DDS, FAGD, IBO graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1978. Dr. Jackson, a member of AOS and AGpO, as well as other profes-sional organizations, operates two highly successful practices in Texas and employs over 25 people. He lectures extensively for the American Orthodontic Society and the International Association for Orthodontics. His insight to the real world of orthodontics in the general practice is honest and informative. Michelle M. O’Neill, DDS, is a pediatric dentist. She earned her dental degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch, Houston in 1986. For the following three years, she practiced general dentistry in New Mexico, as a captain in the United States Air Force. She completed her pediatric residency in 1991, also from the UT Dental Branch. Thereafter, she owned and operated a successful solo pedi-atric practice until 2003. Currently, Dr. O’Neill is an associate with Echeverri Dental Center. www.orthodontics.com September/October 2010 7
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