PUBLISHED BY Wright Publishing Group, Inc. 1120 Pinellas Bayway South, #205 Tierra Verde, FL 33715 (727) 343-5600 E-mail: lisa@wrightgrp.com www.wrightgrp.com CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES Chris Baker, RN, DMD practices, teaches and blogs in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and in Texas, USA. She is past president of the American Orthodontic Society and of the AOS Board of Examiners, as well as current or past faculty member of three U.S. dental schools. She is the author of five books and the weekly email newsletter, "REAL Brief." Dr. Chris' blog, "Love and Orthodontics," can be read at www.loveandorthodontics.com. ADVERTISING SALES Porter Lyon American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com Josh Brower DDS, DIADI, DICOI, DIAMDI, FAASDI, AOS, is a board certified implantologist who has been practicing orthodontics as a general practitioner for over 20 years and is a lifetime member of the AOS. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1997 with honors and has been a speaker for the AOS. He teaches orthodontics and implantology in the United States and Abroad. ANNUAL MEETING EXHIBIT MANAGER Porter Lyon American Orthodontic Society 11884 Greenville Avenue, Suite 112 Dallas, TX 75243 (972) 234-4000 E-mail: PLyon@orthodontics.com ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL POLICY The American Orthodontic Society welcomes advertising in its publications as an important means of keeping the orthodontic practitioner informed of new and better products and services for the practice of orthodontics. Such advertising must be factual, dignified, tasteful and intended to provide useful product and service information. These standards apply to all product-specific promotional material submitted to the American Orthodontic Soci-ety. The publication of an advertisement is not to be construed as an endorsement or approval by the American Orthodontic Soci-ety unless the advertisement specifically includes an authorized statement that such approval or endorsement has been granted. The fact that an advertisement for a product, service or company has appeared in an Amer-ican Orthodontic Society publication will not be referred to in collateral advertising. The American Orthodontic Society reserves the right to accept or reject advertising at its sole discretion for any product or service submitted for publication. Kylene H. Fernandez, DDS, MS, attended the Ohio State Univer-sity earning a B.S. Degree with a double major in Dental Hygiene and Psychology. Upon acceptance into the OSU College of Dentistry, she chose to utilize her dental hygiene degree for a year. She then graduated in 1991 from the OSU College of Dentistry, receiving a Special Certificate for her work in the area of pediatric dentistry. She earned her M.S. degree in Pediatric Dentistry from the Ohio State University/Columbus Chil-dren’s Hospital residency program in 1993. After graduation she earned the honor of becoming a Diplomate in Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Fernandez has had extensive training in orthodontics and has been providing braces to her patients for more than a decade. As of April 2017 she has successfully completed the third tier of three to earn the status of Diplomate in Orthodontics. She now is a Diplomate in the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Orthodontic Society. Randy K. Newby, DDS, is a Diplomate of the AOS and has prac-ticed orthodontics for 30 years and has completed over 2,000 cases. He graduated from Wichita State University in 1976, and the Creighton University School of Dentistry in 1980. He has completed the Master Program in implant dentistry at the GIDE Institute in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Newby practices multidisciplinary dentistry in Mount Hope, KS, a small community outside of Wichita with his associate Katie L. Neidig, DDS, an AOS member. Ralph Nicassio, DDS, graduated from UCLA in 1985. Dr. Nicassio has maintained a private practice in Norwalk, CA for over 25 years. Dr. Nicassio is a member of AOS, he has taught 750 days of continuing education in 19 different countries internationally and throughout United States and Canada. For over 20 years he was the lead tenured instructor for Progressive Orthodontics. He has been a consultant for fellow general dentists all over the world and has diagnosed over 40,000 comprehensive orthodontic cases. For the past 3 years Dr. Nicassio has been an instruc-tor for Henry Schein Orthodontics teaching a comprehensive and advanced orthodon-tic course. His focus is on practical solutions emphasizing diagnosis of orthodontic and prosthodontic cases. Maria Zavala, RDA, BA, has earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at California State University, Long Beach. Maria graduated from the Dental Assistant Program at Cerritos College in 1991 and lives in Lakewood, California. With over 20 years of experience in the dental field Maria currently works in a general dental practice and orthodontics. Maria has over 3 years of teaching experience in orthodontics program for dental assistants and currently works with general doctors doing in office consultations. Maria is committed to the dental field and as a dental assistant has been able to help and comfort thousands of patients and as an instructor has been able to guide many new dental assistants. www.orthodontics.com COPYRIGHT © 2018 . Journal of the American Orthodontic Society. The material in each issue of the JAOS is protected by copyright. None of it may be duplicated, reprinted or reproduced in any manner without express written consent from the publisher. All inquiries and/or requests should be submitted in writing to Wright Publishing Group, Inc. via e-mail to jaos@wrightgrp.com. Winter 2018 5
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