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 How Big Is Your Aquarium? At the age of five, my oldest son began asking my wife and I for his own aquarium. We told him that once he turned seven, he could have an aquarium in his room. We figured that this would give some time to see if he really wanted pet fish or if it was just a passing phase. He never let up, and on his 7th birthday, he got his first aquarium. Twenty years later, fish are still a big part of his life and his aquariums now number four. During that time, I also have learned much about fish, aquariums and life through his tanks. For example, goldfish range in size from just a few centimeters to over a foot and a half in length. The most influential factor in how big they grow isn't diet or age, but rather the size of their environment. If a goldfish is brought up in a small tank, they remain small. If they spend their lives in a large aquarium or perhaps a garden pond, they have the capacity to grow much bigger. We, as dentists, are not much different from these goldfish. If we live in a small world with limited learning opportunities, limited experiences and only spend time with people who are the same as us, we stunt our own growth. We end up with a small life with unimaginative goals, dogmatic perspectives and negative attitudes. If we want to make sure we grow and live a large life, we need to expand our horizons --continue learning, spending time with people from diverse backgrounds, and traveling and reading not just writers we agree with, but other viewpoints as well. The advantage that we have over goldfish is that we get to choose the environment that we live and prac-tice in. With the start of this new year of 2018, I want to encourage you all to update to a larger aquarium. Grow and expand your horizons. Do this by continuing to learn. Sign up for one of the many comprehensive classes offered by our great organizations and make sure to attend this year’s annual meeting by traveling to our great locations. You will have a chance to meet so many wonderful people and attend presentations by some of the top lecturers across the country. Make sure to read this Journal from cover to cover in order to maximize your orthodontic potential. Benjamin Disrael once said, "Life is too short to be small", and I couldn't agree more. So begin this New Year by deciding what you can do to expand your horizons and facilitate your orthodontic and practice growth. Make this the year that you start your journey of tier advance-ment with our great organizations. Become a Fellow or Diplomate. You will have to step out of your comfort zone and move to that larger aquarium because old ways won't open new doors. Give your-self the chance and room to grow and find out that the reason for your growth is that you are intended for larger things. 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 Steve Bradley, DDS................................AGpO Ronald Cass, DDS .................................AGpO Jeff Dahm, DDS........................................AOS Joe Drinkwater, DDS .............................AGpO Scott Earp, DDS.....................................AGpO Elsa Echeverri, DDS..................................AOS Drew Ellenwood, DDS ..........................AGpO Ken Ellis, DDS ..........................................AOS Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS.........................AOS Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS.....................AOS Joe Fallin, DDS ......................................AGpO Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD .....................AOS Roy Holexa, DDS ..................................AGpO Tam Issa-Abbas, DDS ............................AGpO Thomas Jacobsen, DDS.........................AGpO Jon Logullo, DMD.................................AGpO Sherman Menser, DDS ..........................AGpO Randy Newby, DDS..................................AOS Ann Mary Orr, DDS .................................AOS David Pendleton, DDS..........................AGpO Sydney Reyes, DDS ...............................AGpO Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS ...................AOS Robert Shirley, DDS ..............................AGpO Kimberly Suter, DDS ................................AOS Susan Tiede, DDS .....................................AOS Walter Tippen, DDS ..............................AGpO Robert Tippin, DDS..................................AOS Saskia Vaughn, DDS.................................AOS David Ward, DDS,.................................AGpO Adrienne Williams, DDS,......................AGpO Bradford R. Williams, DDS ......................AOS Paul L. Winborn, DDS .............................AOS William Wyatt, Sr., DDS ..........................AOS ADVERTISER INDEX Academy of Gp Orthodontics..............17 American Orthodontic Society............25 AOA Lab ......................................27 Dolphin Imaging Systems ............37 Henry Schein Orthodontics ..........48 KaVo Kerr Group ..........................47 Ortho Arch ..................................41 Myofunctional Research Co. ............2 Reliance Orthodontic Products, Inc.....7 4 Winter 2018 JAOS
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