AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Orthodontic Courses The American Orthodontic Society 2019 Officers & Directors President Kimberly Suter, DDS President-Elect Allan Rotberg, DDS Vice President Randy Newby, DDS Our Spring Meeting and Orthodontic Review Course is upon us! Held in Dallas April 12 & 13, this year’s program features Dr. Nick Panomitros, a general dentist and attorney, speaking on Patient Documentation and Other Risk Manage-ment Issues , and Dr. Noshir Mehta, a professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Service, and senior adviser to the Craniofacial Pain, Headache and Sleep Center at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, speaking on the Role of Dental Occlusion as a Common Thread in Bruxism . Did you know you can take Dr. Ralph Nicassio’s Intermediate Concepts for Today’s Orthodon-tic Practice session-by-session? Held in Little Rock, AR, upcoming session topics include managing impacted teeth and crossbite correction (May 3 & 4), advanced early diagnosis and treatment and intro to anchorage devises (July 12 & 13), vertical dimen-sion, occlusal plane and gingival display (September 6 & 7). Plus, learn how to shorten treatment time, have more control over cases and require less patient compliance! (Each session: 16 CDE hours) Dr. Brad Williams’ Intermedi-ate Straight Wire Orthodontics begins April 5 – 7 in Dallas. Had the Basics? Ready to notch up your Straight Wire skill level? Learn how to bend and torque arch wires, how to close spaces, and when to distal-ize, reposition or extract in this invaluable five-session advanced program (Up to 100 CDE hours) Dr. Williams starts his Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics in Orlando May 17 – 19. Do as so many have done; learn the basics in this comprehensive program, which has started hundreds of general and pediatric dentists on the road to successfully incorpo-rating orthodontics into their practice! Through clinical lecture and hands-on exercises, Dr. Brad makes sure you leave this five-session course with the skills to ably diagnose and treat Class I and Class II malocclusions. (Up to 100 CDE hours) In conjunction with the last session of Dr. Brad’s Intermediate in Dallas, Susan Coffey, RDA, will conduct her Advanced Orthodon-tic Training & Workshop for Assistants and Hygienists August 9 & 10. Focusing on Class II and Class III cases, debonding, and reten-tion, this content-rich weekend course will empower your team! (16 CDE hours) Get more information about all AOS events at www.orthodontics.com! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+! Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Paul L. Winborn, II, DDS Board of Directors Jordan J. Balvich, DMD, FAGD Jeff Dahm, DDS Elsa Echeverri, DDS Kenneth Ellis, DDS Susan B. Tiede, DDS Saskia Vaughn, DDS Brian Vierthaler, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS – Emeritus Board of Examiners Jeffrey H. Ahlin, DDS – President Azita Anissi, DDS Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Joseph M. Haack, DDS James E. McIlwain, DDS, MSD Michael J. Newman, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 Spring 2019 JAOS
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