AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Ortho Courses Coming up… Susan Coffey, RDA, will hold her Advanced Orthodon-tic Course for the Dental Auxil-iary course August 1-2 and Septem-ber 19-21. Empower your staff with the knowledge of everything from standard of care to orthodontic termi-nology to understanding bracket placement and preparing the patient for the doctor. (30 CDE hours) a doctor who’s been teaching for 30 years. (73 CDE hours) Dr. Leonard Carapezza will revive his Utility Archwire weekend class October 10 & 11 in Chicago. Learn effective and effi-cient treatment techniques to redi-rect adverse growth patterns, develop dental arches, and improve molar relationships in 90% of the pediatric patients with common dento-alveolar problems. (14 CDE hours) Dr. Juan Echeverri is also taking his Art and Science of Skeletal Anchorage with TADs weekend class to Chicago November 14 & 15. Designed to give the treating dentist first-hand knowledge of skeletal anchorage using Temporary Anchorage Devices, this course uses lecture and hands-on exercises to equip participants with a new set of tools to incorporate in their prac-tices for improved comprehensive patient treatment. (14 CDE hours) ALSO NEW…Dr. Ralph Nicassio will be offering a weekend course for the experienced practitioner in Phoenix Feb. 6 & 7, 2015! Differ-ential Diagnosis of All Class II and Class II Cases will focus on “differential case diagnosis,” allow-ing you to better understand and diagnose a variety of dental condi-tions. Offering new treatment plans and techniques to reduce patients’ compliance will greatly expand the variety of cases you can treat successfully, efficiently, and profitably. Making the “right” diag-nosis converts a difficult case into a relatively easy one! (14 CDE hours) The American Orthodontic Society 2013-14 Officers & Directors President Michael J. Newman, DDS President-Elect David M. Thorfinnson, DDS Vice President Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Juan J. Solano, DDS Also for your staff… Robin Schmidbauer, RDA, EFDA, is offering her Basic Straight Wire for Assistants course in Atlanta September 12-13 and Advanced November 7-8 in conjunction with the 4th and 5th sessions Dr. Joe Schmidbauer’s Comprehensive Orthodontic Education. This program takes the auxiliary from quality record keeping to a complete understanding of the straight wire technique, including placing brack-ets, spacers, bands, wires and liga-tures. (13 CDE hours each) Dr. David Jackson’s Basic Orthodontics – A Comprehensive Level 1 Course in Straight Wire Orthodontics now being ably led by the experienced Dr. Brad Williams, begins September 12-14 in Dallas. Learn how to treat over 70% of orthodontic courses that present in your practice in this updated five-session course. Dr. Williams, who has been teaching alongside Dr. Jackson since 2011, will guide you from the basics of orthodontics through case finishing. (100 CDE hours) NEW FOR YOU… Introductory Straight Wire and Functionals: A Comprehensive Orthodontic Course for General and Pedi-atric Dentists , will be offered by Dr. Jay Gerber on opposite sides of the country. This four-session course begins September 19-20 at Dr. Gerber’s teaching facility in Parkers-burg, WV, and September 26-27 in Costa Mesa, CA. Learn everything from the principles of orthodontics to straight wire mechanics to the fundamentals of case finishing from Board of Directors Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS Robert G. Gerety, DDS Emeritus Kevin J. Hester, DDS James E. McIlwain, DDS, MSD Anne Mary Orr, DDS James L. Orrington, DMD Bradford R. Williams, DDS Paul L. Winborn, II, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS Emeritus Board of Examiners Jordan Balvich, DMD Leonard J. Carapezza, DMD Kenneth Ellis, DDS Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 Summer 2014 JAOS Scan with your smartphone to view all course details. Learn more about the Annual Meeting and all AOS courses on www.orthodontics.com!
Journal of the American Orthodontic Society Summer 2014 / Buyer's Guide: Page 44
