AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS Early Treatment Advocates: AOS Family in Forefront of Trends During my year as president, I have discussed in this column a litany of reasons why I believe the American Orthodontic Society is the top educational organization in dentistry. Number one on that list is the topical nature of our programming. Nothing demonstrates that more clearly than the emphasis we have placed on the subject for this issue, “Early Treatment”. Years before the orthodontists could agree on the benefits of early treatment, the AOS was presenting evidence and clinical documentation on treatment during mixed dentition. Dr. Len Carapezza, long affili-ated with the AOS, was teaching to groups nationally and internationally with documented evidence on early treatment methods and successes. As far back as late in the 1990s, we were inviting early treatment advocates to our annual meetings. Drs. Ed Gonzalez, Chris Baker, David Jackson and others have joined that in more recent years. We ARE the organization that brings the latest in ideas to our members, often long before the dental schools have addressed these changes. We should cele-brate that Dr. Carapezza has been invited to be a featured speaker at the national 2014 American Academy of Pedi-atric Dentistry meeting in May in Boston, MA. We should equally Michael J. Newman, DDS AOS President celebrate that subjects introduced to our members in all our class-rooms are often cutting-edge, yet supported with successful cases and documentation. Now, I ask each one of you to support the accom-plishments of the AOS through attendance at this year’s Annual Meeting in Denver, August 7-10. Brochures are on your desk, the AOS website is ready for registration, the rooms at the beautiful Omni Interlocken Resort are ready for reservations, the golf course is preparing for our tournament, the speakers are readying their lectures from Class II Correction to Sleep Apnea to Early Treat-ment, to social media. Mark your calendars and plan on being there! Michael J. Newman, DDS www.orthodontics.com Spring 2014 45
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