AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Ohio Tip-Edge Course Graduates Twelve www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2019 Officers Joe Fallin, DDS President President Elect Scott Earp, DDS Vice President Ronald Cass, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Cynthia Bordelon Immediate Past-President Drew Ellenwood, DDS Board of Directors Steven Bradley, DDS Tam Issa-Abbas, DDS Tom Jacobsen, DDS Jon Logullo, DMD Humberto Nunez-Gil, DDS Anna Pelak, DDS Sydney Reyes, DDS Adrianne Williams, DDS Twelve doctors recently completed the first comprehensive two-year hands on course in Brunswick, Ohio. The course was taught by Dr. Robert Allen and hosted by Dr. Milton Ntra-gatakis. The doctors completed the Academy’s twelve session hands-on comprehensive course and earned a minimum 155 CDE hours in Orthodontics and related topics. Nine doctors achieved the Associate Fellowship Level of the Academy of GP Orthodontics Tier Advancement Program. Each doctor needed to start and present a minimum of three cases during the hands-on course followed by passing a written and oral examination. Receiving the Asso-ciate Fellow: Brittany Heffernan, DDS; John Heffernan, DDS; Kurtis Homan, DDS; Kaitlin Johnston, DDS; Thu LePhan, DDS; Charles (Chip) Mardis, DDS; Jack Minnillo, DDS; Thomas (Tom) Steffas, DMD; Chengeto Vera, DMD Receiving the Course Completion Certificate: Brian Crouse, DDS; Amy Heim, DDS; Yuchan Son, DDS. A special thank you to goes out to Drs. Milton Ntra-gatakis and Robert Allen for hosting the graduation dinner at a Cleveland Indians game! Doctors Graduate From Year-Long Course in Early Treatment Fourteen doctors completed the six-session, hands-on Early Treatment Course in Austin, TX recently. This course was taught by Dr. Keith Wilkerson, past President of the AGpO and a pediatric dentist from Boerne, TX. Dr. Bert Vasut, AGpO clinical instructor and pedi-atric dentist from Cedar Park TX, was the clinical co-instructor and host. Graduates included Kristen Angwin, DDS; Michael Bencak, DDS; Jarrett Burr, DDS; Persis Cho, DDS; Salima Dhanji, DMD; Milena Hobbs, DMD; Anshu Jain, DDS; Shirley Mathew, DDS; Tory McFar-lin, DDS; Delia Maria Garcia Pino, 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 DMD; Janita Siffrard, DDS; Nathan Snyder, DMD; Victor Sun, DDS; and Paul Talosig, DMD. The year-long course included topics involving early orthodontic diagnosis; record-taking on young children; treat-ment planning for early crowding; space analysis in the mixed denti-tion; appliance design; facial profile analysis; airway assessment in rela-tion to facial growth; treatment strategies; retention after Phase 1; as well as treatment timing and strate-gies when working with kids. 42 Summer 2019 JAOS
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