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 Chris Baker, RN, DMD CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES 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 James Chun, DDS, PhD received his doctoral degree in dental surgery from School of Dentistry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His practice is located in Raleigh, NC. He is a current student in the Academy of GP Orthodontics’ 12-Session Comprehensive Hands-On Course. Before his dental career, Dr. Chun received his doctoral degree from the Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1995. Following the footsteps of his father, who was a chemistry professor, Dr. Chun accepted a teaching position for chemistry and physics at Elizabeth City State University at Elizabeth City, NC. Dr. Chun is married to Jennifer Chun, an immigration attorney, and they have two children, Angela and Andrew. Jeff Dahm, DDS is a 1987 graduate of Dordt College in Sioux Center, IA. He graduated the University of Iowa, College of Dentistry in 1991 and completed a residency program at the University of North Carolina in 1992. After completing his residency program, he joined Dr. Jim (Dr. Jeff's dad) in practice in 1992. Dr. Jeff is a member of the American Dental Association and also a member of the American Orthodontic Society. In 2015 Dr. Jeff was awarded “Outstanding Ortho Case of the Year.” In April of 2017 he received the "Diplomat" Award from the American Orthodontic Society for academic achievement and clinical proficiency. is a Diplomate of the American Orthodontics Society. He is a Senior Instructor and has lectured to thousands of pediatric and general dentists for over 30 years. In 1997, he served as the first president of the newly formed American Orthodontics Society’s Foundation. His love of orthodontics evolved out of his pediatric dental practice, finding that early orthodontics treatment was as essentially important to quality treatment as restorative and prevention. In 2012, Dr. Gonzalez was presented the highest award that can be given by the American Orthodontics Society, The Richard L. Moore Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently, he serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the AOS and is the Executive Director of the AOS Board of Diplomates. Ed is also the proud host of the highly successful international podcast “Orthodontic Smiles” with 5,000 listeners in over 50 countries. has practiced in the Houston area since 1990 and in Richmond, TX since 1994. Dr. McCrea is a graduate of Texas A&M University and at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. He received further training at the General Practice Residency Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. In 2007, Dr. McCrea completed the Academy of GP Orthodontics’ 12-Session Comprehensive Hands-On Course. Since 2013, he has received his Diplomate from the Academy of GP Orthodontics and served on the Academy’s Board of Directors from 2008 to the present, serving in 2013 as the Academy’s president. Additionally, Dr. McCrea is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas School Of Dentistry in Houston, teaching in the AEGD and the GPR programs. In 2013 he became part of the Memorial Herman Hospital Staff to supervise residents providing dental treatment in the operating room. 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 W. Edward Gonzalez, BS, DMD 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. Kyle McCrea, DDS 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. Ralph Nicassio, DDS, graduated from UCLA in 1985. Dr. Nicassio has maintained a private practice focused on orthodontics and prosthodontics for 34 years. He has taught over 800 full days of continuing education in 19 different countries internationally and throughout the United States and Canada. He has been a consultant for fellow general dentists all over the world and has diagnosed over 40,000 comprehensive orthodontic cases. The objec-tive of his courses is to teach the Gp Orthodontics to the same standard of care as a specialist with clarity, wisdom and sense-of-humor. There is emphasis on customized orthodontic treatment planning to minimize the need for compliance and minimize treatment time. 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. With over 20 years of experience in the dental field, Maria currently works in a general dental practice and orthodontics. Maria has over 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 Winter 2019 5
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