EDITOR’S WELCOME Greg Cannizzo, DDS, CDE, JAOS Editor 3617 Municipal Drive, McHenry, IL 60050 Phone: (815) 344-2282 • Fax: (815) 344-5815 Email: drgrc@joltmail.com ASSOCIATION STAFF Adam Griswold AGpO Executive Director Academy of Gp Orthodontics 509 E. Boydston St. Rockwall, TX 75087-3956 (800) 634-2027 E-mail: agriswold@academygportho.com Thomas N. Chapman, CAE AOS Executive Director American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: tchapman@orthodontics.com Porter Lyon AOS Contributor E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com EDITORIAL STAFF Greg Cannizzo, DDS ....................... AGpO Editor Jordan Balvich, DMD ........................ AOS Co-Editor Jim Mcllwain, DDS, MSD .................. AOS Co-Editor Lisa A. Wright ......................... AOS/AGpO Managing Editor Email: lisa@wrightgrp.com EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Ron Austin, DDS ...................................AGpO Chris Baker, RN, DMD .............................AOS Ernest Barbosa, DDS .............................AGpO Eugene Boone, DDS ..............................AGpO Steve Bradley, DDS................................AGpO Fred Der, DDS .......................................AGpO Joe Drinkwater, DDS .............................AGpO Scott Earp, DDS.....................................AGpO Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS.........................AOS Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS.....................AOS Joe Fallin, DDS ......................................AGpO Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD .....................AOS Joe Haack, DDS ........................................AOS Kevin J. Hester, DDS ................................AOS Roy Holexa, DDS ..................................AGpO Thomas Jacobsen, DDS.........................AGpO Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS..................AGpO Kyle McCrea, DDS.................................AGpO Sherman Menser, DDS ..........................AGpO Brian Olsen, DDS ..................................AGpO Ann Mary Orr, DDS .................................AOS James Orrington, DMD............................AOS David Pendleton, DDS..........................AGpO Leslie R. Penley, DDS ............................AGpO Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS ...................AOS Robert Shirley, DDS ..............................AGpO Juan J. Solano, DDS .................................AOS Kurt Stodola, DDS.................................AGpO David Thorfinnson, DDS .........................AOS Walter Tippen, DDS ..............................AGpO John Wells, DDS ...................................AGpO Bradford R. Williams, DDS ......................AOS Paul L. Winborn, DDS .............................AOS William Wyatt, Sr., DDS ..........................AOS Raising the Bar As spring comes to an end, it signals not only the beginning of summer but also the end of the high school and college track season. During the many hours I have spent watching and participating in track and field meets, I have always found myself drawn to the high jump. Over the years, I have found that there are some important principles to learn from this event and high jumpers in particular. You need to have a bar: It might seem obvious, but without the bar as part of the event, you would just have a tall bunch of skinny people jumping on a mat for no apparent reason. Similarly, we need to have goals ourselves. Without them, we are just going through the motions with-out any particular reason for doing anything. Set specific and measurable targets for yourself. Becoming a Fellow or a Diplomate and attending more orthodontic courses are great goals to make. Without goals, you have no real idea as to how you are doing. You need to set the bar high: There is no event known as the low jump or medium jump. No one claps when some-one sets the bar at a height they can step over. It's called the high jump and the bar needs to be high. Similarly, we need to set challenges for ourselves that are impres-sive and inspiring. If everyone can do it, then it's not really that impressive. If you set a goal and achieve it on the first day at the first attempt then it's not ambitious enough. Setting a goal of becoming a Fellow or Diplomate begins with attend-ing the Annual Meeting. You need to set the bar yourself: After qualifying for state or the NCAA finals, the height that you aim for is up to you no one else dictates it. When we grad-uated dental school, we were given a base-line performance that enabled us to be competent. Greatness comes when we set our sights higher and place our own aims higher than the expectations placed on us. A career filled with continuing education is empowering. As you continue to learn, you free yourself from the restraints of mediocrity. Take the time this fall to attend the Annual Meeting and move yourself from mediocrity to greatness by continuing to learn and grow your orthodontic knowledge. You need to aim beyond the bar: In the high jump, the aim isn't to hit the target. If you do, the bar will fall off. You need to jump over it and exceed the height it was set at. Sometimes we can be tempted to just hit a specific number that we set for ourselves. The danger here is that if we have a bad day, week or month or something happens beyond our control, we can end up missing our mark. Aiming higher will give you breathing space and ensure success. You need to train for it: Athletes don't just turn up and start jumping over 7.5 feet without a lot of practice, weight training stretching and diet management. It takes a lot of hard work to become a great high jumper as well as a dentist. Nothing worth doing is easy…. nothing!!! If you aspire to excellence, then you need to work hard to achieve your goal. The continuing education and tier advance-ment provided to you is the training you need to reach greatness, The courses, meetings and this Journal will get you in shape to be the best at what you do. You need to celebrate when you achieve your goal: When a high jumper lands a successful jump, they will leap to their feet, acknowledge the crowd, and cele-brate their achievement. Take the time to acknowledge excellence and celebrate your achievement. This fall, I will be there at the Annual Meeting to celebrate with you as you clear the bar and become one of the top orthodontic practitioners in our Society. By using these key principles to assist you, you can leap to the next level in life. ADVERTISER INDEX Academy of Gp Orthodontics ............54 American Orthodontic Society ..................4 Allesee Orthodontic ................................19 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE ............................15 Dolphin Imaging Systems ..................39 Fairfield Orthodontics ........................49 Henry Schein Orthodontics ................55 Johns Dental Labs ................................9 KaVo Kerr Group ..........................18, 56 Myofunctional Research Co. ................2 OrthoArch ..........................................47 Reliance Orthodontics ........................21 RMO, Inc. ............................................3 Rondeau Seminars..............................17 6 Summer 2015 JAOS
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