AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Orthodontic Courses The American Orthodontic Society 2017 Officers & Directors President Twana F. Duncan, DDS Vice President Paul W. Winborn, II, DDS Registration for our Annual Meet-ing in Clearwater Beach is picking up. We already have several offices that have registered their entire staff! Why? Because besides having some great lecturers for our doctors -Dr. Bruce McFarlane, Dr. Joseph Youse-fian, Dr. John Graham, and our own past-president, Dr. Juan Echeverri, to name a few -we also have a compre-hensive program for auxiliaries. Tanya Thompson and Michele Rivera, both RDH, BS, will make a day-long presentation on The Complete Package – What Auxiliaries Need to Know from Start to Finish. And Dru Halverson and Becky Speer from the respected Jameson Management will present Making the Most of Your Schedul-ing Systems and Overcoming “I’ll Think About It.” Join us at the completely remodeled Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa Sept. 14 – 17. Get a little sand in your shoes and education under your belt! Susan Coffey, RDA, will be lead-ing her popular Advanced Orthodontic Assistant Train-ing course in conjunction with the last session of Dr. Brad Williams’ Level 2 course August 4 – 6. Susan continues to update her material to keep your staff abreast of the latest techniques and appliances. This is the most content-rich assistants’ class you will find! (18 CDE hours) Dr. Elsa Echeverri and Dr. Ed Gonzalez are teaming up again for their multi-faceted Early Orthodontic Treatment and Sedation for the General and Pediatric Dentist. This year, they will be presenting their two-day class in Alexandria, VA, August 11 -12. Dr. Echeverri will cover oral sedation, local anesthesia tech-niques, and restorative dentistry for the child patient. Dr. Gonzalez will teach diagnosis, treatment plan-ning, and early treatment Phase I ortho, allowing the practitioner the option of treating without having to progress into fully-banded Phase II. (14 CDE hours) If you missed the beginning of Dr. Brad Williams’ Basic Straight Wire course in Orlando, which began back in the Spring, never fear! He will conduct another Basic in Dallas beginning the first week-end in October. Newly revamped and updated, this five-session course is designed to get you started in orthodontics. Learn everything from necessary record keeping to cephalometrics to banding and bracketing Phase I and Phase II malocclusions using the Straight Wire orthodontic appliance system. ((100 CDE hours) Dr. Ralph Nicassio returns to conduct an Intermediate Concepts for Today’s Orthodontic Practice course beginning October 27 & 28 in Phoenix. This three-part series covers Differential Class II/ Class III diagnosis, treatment mechanics, anchorage, and how to treat gingi-val display. Challenge yourself! (42 CDE hours) Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Board of Directors Elsa Echeverri, DDS Kenneth Ellis, DDS Robert G. Gerety, DDS – Emeritus Randy K. Newby, DDS James L. Orrington, DMD Allan Rotberg, DDS Kimberly Suter, DDS Susan B. Tiede, DDS Robert J. Tippin, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS – Emeritus Board of Examiners Jeffrey H. Ahlin, DDS Azita Anissi, DDS Leonard J. Carapezza, DDS – President Joseph M. Haack, DDS James E. McIlwain, DDS, MSD Michael J. Newman, DDS Get more information about our Annual Meeting and all AOS events at www.orthodontics.com! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+! Executive Director Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 Summer 2017 JAOS
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