AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Sign Up For Popular 3-Day Dental Assistant Course Dr. Charles Young will be teaching the Academy's three-day Dental Assistant Course in Plano, TX this summer. The course will run from July 21-24, 2016 at the Marriott Legacy Town Center. This course is intended for assistants with little orthodontic training as well as a refresher course for more experienced assistants. The course will give the chairside dental assistant a better understanding of orthodontics and the Differential Straight Arch (Tip-Edge) Technique. Dental 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 auxil-iaries using the Tip-Edge System. Dr. Young will cover the Tip-Edge stages of treatment, tracing of cephalomet-www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2016 Officers President Steven Bradley, DDS Sherman Menser, DDS Drew Ellenwood, DDS President Elect Vice President Secretary -Treasurer Cynthia Bordelon Immediate Past-President Eugene Boone, DDS Board of Directors Ernest A. Barbosa, DDS Scott Earp, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS Brian Olsen, DDS David Pendleton, DDS Adrianne Williams, DDS ric x-rays, and model analysis for the diagnosis of arch length discrepancy. The Academy will supply a T.P. Orthodontics supply kit that includes bracket kits, a straight shooter and a carousel dispenser (a value of over $300 for these items alone). 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. Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Barry Sockel, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 46 Summer 2016 JAOS