PUBLISHED BY Wright Publishing Group, Inc. 1120 Pinellas Bayway South, #205 Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (727) 343-5600 E-mail: lisa@wrightgrp.com www.wrightgrp.com CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Zuzanna S. Apel, DMD, received her DMD degree with great distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada in 2002. Dr. Apel moved to Missouri where she practiced general dentistry for seven years before returning to Canada with a private practice in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Although she continues to provide general dentistry treatment to her patients, her passions are helping children with their facial growth and development by providing myofunctional orthodontic treatment. She is Myobrace provider and member of the International Association of Orthodontics and the National Sleep Society of Canada. ADVERTISING SALES Porter Lyon American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com Patricia Apel is a student at the University of Victoria, Canada with a combined major of biology and psychology. Her interests are neuroscience and human biology. ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBIT MANAGER Porter Lyon American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com Chris Baker, RN, DMD practices, teaches and blogs in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and in Texas, USA. She is past president of the American Orthodontic Society and of the AOS Board of Examiners, as well as current or past faculty member of three U.S. dental schools. She is the author of five books and the weekly email newsletter, "REAL Brief." Dr. Chris' blog, "Love and Orthodontics," can be read at www.loveandorthodontics.com. Leonard J. Carapezza, DMD is a Diplomate of the AOS and has over 25 years of clinical experience in pediatric orthodontics and operates a successful private practice in Wayland, MA. He has degrees from Brandeis University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He served as a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and received a certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from Children’s Hospital. Dr. Carapezza is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine and a contributing editor to the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry . His lecture experience includes the Senior Certified Instructor for both the American Orthodontic Society (AOS) and International Association for Orthodontics (IAO). ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL POLICY The American Orthodontic Society welcomes advertising in its publications as an important means of keeping the orthodontic practitioner informed of new and better products and services for the practice of orthodontics. Such advertising must be factual, dignified, tasteful and intended to provide useful product and service information. These standards apply to all product-specific promotional material submitted to the American Orthodontic Soci-ety. The publication of an advertisement is not to be construed as an endorsement or approval by the American Orthodontic Soci-ety unless the advertisement specifically includes an authorized statement that such approval or endorsement has been granted. The fact that an advertisement for a product, service or company has appeared in an Amer-ican Orthodontic Society publication will not be referred to in collateral advertising. The American Orthodontic Society reserves the right to accept or reject advertising at its sole discretion for any product or service submitted for publication. 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. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Assn of Pediatric Dentistry and the AOS. Juan Carlos Echeverri, DDS, FAOS, After earning his DDS in his native country of Colombia, Dr. Echeverri moved to the US to pursue graduate studies. He received his Certificate of Maxillofacial Prosthetic Dentistry from LSU School of Dentistry in 1989 and his DDS from UT-Houston in 1992. Fluent in Spanish and English, he has lectured in Colombia, Venezuela, and Spain, in addition to the US and has published articles in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and the Journal of the American Orthodontic Society. His private practice in Houston focuses on a comprehensive approach to the treatment of patients, including restorative, prosthetic, and implant dentistry, as well as minor oral surgery and orthodontics. Dr. Echeverri is a Diplomate of the AOS and the AOS Immediate Past President. COPYRIGHT © 2017 . Journal of the American Orthodontic Society. The material in each issue of the JAOS is protected by copyright. None of it may be duplicated, reprinted or reproduced in any manner without express written consent from the publisher. All inquiries and/or requests should be submitted in writing to Wright Publishing Group, Inc. via e-mail to jaos@wrightgrp.com. Jeffery Gerhardt, DDS, practices general dentistry and orthodontics at Advanced Family Dentistry in Cedar Park, TX. Graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988 and the University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio in 1992, he acquired two years of continuing education in orthodontics with the Academy of Gp Orthodontic in 1998 and gained Invisalign certification in 2002. Dr. Gerhardt is an orthodontic instructor for the AGpO and a member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, Capital Area Dental Association and the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. www.orthodontics.com Spring 2017 5
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