AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Advanced Tip-Edge Course Will Take You to Next Level www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2020 Officers President Ronald B. Cass, DDS, FAGD DAGPO President Elect Scott Earp, DDS Vice President Tam Issa-Abbas, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Cynthia Bordelon Immediate Past-President Joe Fallin, DDS Board of Directors Steven Bradley, DDS Tom Jacobsen, DDS Jon Logullo, DMD Humberto Nunez-Gil, DDS Anna Pelak, DDS Sydney Reyes, DDS Raphael Santore, DDS The Academy has put together a two-day advanced lecture course to help take your Tip-Edge orthodontic practice to the next level. Dr. Jeffrey Gerhardt is teaching this course on July 31–August 1, 2020 in conjunc-tion with the yearly Orthodontic Assistant Training Course at the Renaissance Dallas in Plano, TX. This advanced course is intended for graduates of the 12-session hands-on course as well as experienced Tip-Edge practitioners. Dr. Gerhardt will discuss diagno-sis and how to better think about and simplify diagnosis from the early mixed dentition to adult cases. In addition, he will review and update techniques involved with the Differential Straight Arch Tech-nique, discuss treating anterior crossbites, techniques for opening bites as well as mixed dentition treatment and unusual cases. Dr. Gerhardt will also discuss Stage II and achieving a Class I molar rela-tionship and Stage III finishing techniques. This course will take you beyond the Tip-Edge Guide with information from evidence-based literature and the combina-tion of Tip-Edge and Straight Wire techniques for superior results. Contact the Academy to earn 13 CDE hours by registering for this great course. Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Barry Sockel, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 42 Spring 2020 JAOS