AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Academy Holds First of Two Assistant's Courses for 2014 in Chicago The Academy held its first of two Assistant's Courses for 2014 in Chicago, April 24 -27 at the Chicago Magnificent Mile Marriott. Course instructor Dr. Charles Young presided over the course. Eighteen assistants attended this intensive four-day course which included orthodon-tic staff training with an optional half day session cover-ing cephlametric training and model analysis for the orthodon-tic assistant. This summer the second assistant's course will take place in Plano Texas on Jul 31-August 3. Use this opportunity to make your assistant a vital and active part of the orthodontics you provide to your patients. www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2014 Officers President Kyle McCrea, DDS President Elect Eugene Boone, DDS Vice President Steven Bradley, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Sherman Menser, DDS Immediate Past-President Fred Der, DDS Board of Directors Ernest A. Barbosa, DDS Felicia Burridge, DDS Joseph Drinkwater, DDS Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS Brian Olsen, DDS Jill Snyder, DDS Kurt Stodola, DDS John Wells, DMD Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 42 Summer 2014 JAOS 3-Day Assistant’s Course to Be Held In Texas Dr. Charles Young will again be teaching the Academy’s three-day assistant course in Plano, TX this summer. The Texas course will run from July 31 to August 3, 2014. The course is intended for assis-tants with little orthodontic train-ing as well as a refresher course for more experienced assistants. The course will give the chair side assis-tant a better understanding of orthodontics and the Differential Straight Arch (Tip-Edge) Technique. Assistants will be working in pairs on study casts from your office along with typodonts from the Academy. Assistants will learn how to apply brackets, bands and auxiliaries using the Tip-Edge System. Dr. Young will cover the Tip-Edge stages of treatment, trac-ing of cephalometric x-rays and model analysis for the diagnosis of arch length discrepancy. The Academy will supply a T.P. Orthodontics supply kit, which includes bracket kits, a straight shooter and a carousel dispenser (a value of over $300 for these items alone, which you take home). A list of additional supplies needed from your office will be sent with course confirmation. Call the Academy at 1-800-634-2027 to reserve your space for this very popular yearly course.
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society Summer 2014 / Buyer's Guide: Page 42
