AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Happy New Year: Educational Opportunities Await You! Happy New Year from the snowy Midwest! By now, all the holiday parties are over and presents have been opened. It is my special honor and privilege to begin my term as President of the AGpO for 2016. At this time, I would like to welcome all new members to our organiza-tion. All of you will find that our instructors and the education offered to you by the AGpO is second-to-none. The new year provides many opportunities for all members to take part in our great offerings for orthodon-tic education. The following is a quick run down of the great courses available to you this upcoming year: í The Collierville Refresher with Dr. Charles Young on March 26 in Memphis, TN. í The 6-session Hands-On Early Treatment Course with Dr. Keith Wilkerson in Austin, TX this spring. í The Canada Refresher with Dr. Roy Holexa and Dr. Fred Der in Toronto. í The New Advanced Tip-Edge Continuum. í The Assistant’s Course this summer in Plano, TX. í The Annual Meeting this Fall at the Marriott Legacy Town Center in Plano, TX. í In addition, watch for the start of new sessions of the 12-session Hands-On courses that will be starting this year in Moose Lake, MN, Toronto, Canada and McHenry, IL. Steven Bradley, DDS AGpO President I can attest that by incorporating orthodontics into my general practice, I have bettered the lives of my patients. In addition, whenever I attend any of the numerous courses offered by the Academy, I always glean at least one new pearl that I can apply immediately into my practice. A special thanks to the following people as we start this next new year of orthodontic dental education: Dr. Eugene Boone, who I love talking cars and ortho with; Dr. Greg Cannizzo, who does an outstanding job publishing and putting together our Journal; and last but not least, Adam Griswold, our esteemed Executive Director who makes the annual meetings run flawless every year. Have a great start to the beginning of what is looking to be an outstanding year in continuing education offered to you through your Academy! Steven P. Bradley, DDS Five Doctors Complete the AGpO’s 12-Session Early Treatment Course in Austin, Texas The Academy's 12 session Early Treatment Course recently concluded in Austin, Texas. Instruc-tors were Dr. Keith Wilkerson, Past President of the AGpO and Dr. Burt Vasut, AGpO Clinical Instructor. Five students completed this year long course which included, early orthodontic diagnosis; record taking on young children; treatment plan-ning for early crowding; space anal-ysis in the mixed dentition; airway assessment in relation to facial growth and treatment strategies and retention after First Phase treat-ment. With this information and the year long hands on experience working on young patients in their mixed dentition the graduates will be able to bring the knowledge, tools and training they have received back to their practices in order to treat these patients during their early facial development. Pictured (L to R): Ai Perrard, DDS; Bert Vasut, DDS (Clinical Co-Instructor); Keith Wilkerson, DDS (Instructor); Ryanne Gilliland, DDS; Igor Kaplansky, DDS. Not Pictured: Alan Cline, DDS; John Puckett, DDS www.orthodontics.com Winter 2016 45
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