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 Time To Take The Plunge If you grew up on the Northwest edges of Chicago as I did, summer was always a time for spending hot afternoons at the numerous public pools. Besides the scream-ing kids playing in the water and the life-guards perched on their chairs, each pool also had a couple of diving boards located over the deep end of the pool. My friends and I would float along the edge of the pool and watch divers clamber up the stairs, make their way to the edge of the board and launch themselves gleefully into the air before hitting the water with a satis-fying splash. It always looked like a lot of fun to dive off those towering platforms. Eventually we got up the courage to pull ourselves out of the water and move closer to the board. While we would stand at the base of the rung of stairs looking up the ladder that would take us to that high platform, maybe it would be fun to try the high dive like the big guys. But from the ground, that diving board looks exception-ally high up and it begins to no longer look quite so fun and easy. As you start to make your way up the rungs, reality starts to hit you and thoughts begin to go through your head. "Do I have what it takes?' You may start to hesitate as your hands firmly grip the rails and your steps up the rungs begin to slow to a crawl. Once you've made your way to the top of the diving board, you can stand and look out above the entire pool and all around you. Everyone looks so small and they are all watching you. The water seems such a long way down and your legs begin to feel like jelly. The person behind you is breathing down your neck eager to jump but you aren't in much of a hurry. As you get closer to the edge for the first time, the fear grows until it almost takes over your entire body. It no longer feels fun, but then after what feels like an eternity, you jump. A million thoughts and emotions merge into a single moment as you hurtle toward the water. You hit the water, then emerge from the deep end of the pool in one piece, both exhilarated and relieved. You scramble from the water and run to the platform again, eager to have another turn, knowing that it isn't so scary after all. Now, replace the high diving board with reaching the goal of attaining your Fellowship or Diplomate status in our great organizations. It always looks easy and fun as you sit in the audience and watch others receive their awards and recognition for completing these great deeds. Once you decide to start putting your cases together for presentation, then its time to get out of the "shallow end" and start making your way to the "launch area". As you make your way through putting your cases together, each one is another rung that is bringing you up the ladder to that towering launch area. Make the decision to start your jour-ney up the stairs. Start taking the necessary records you need to record your great cases. Begin taking the classes you need to reach the required number of orthodontic continuing education hours. Make sure you take the time to come to the annual meet-ings and spring refreshers. Do not let fears or anxieties stop you or slow you down. There are many mentors and instructors available to help you with your climb. Once your cases are complete and you are ready to present them, launch yourself gleefully into the air. When you hit the water, it will be with a satisfying splash. I've made my way up the creden-tialing diving board a couple of times, it looks scary, but it's a lot of fun and you learn so much making your way up the ladder. I'm scrambling out of the water and making my way up the ladder again. I hope to see you all in front or behind me as we gleefully make that satisfying jump. 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 ADVERTISER INDEX Academy of Gp Orthodontics ........7 American Orthodontic Society ....15 AOS Foundation ..........................35 Boyd Industries ............................29 Dolphin Imaging Systems ............39 Henry Schein Orthodontics ..........48 Johns Dental Labs ........................11 KaVo Kerr Group ..........................47 Myofunctional Research Co. ..........2 4 Winter 2016 JAOS
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