AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS 2020 Annual Meeting in Awesome Austin While I might not be able to fill the black boots and black leather fringed jacket of past president Joe Fallin, who did such a great job at the excellent recent Okla-homa City annual meeting, but I will do my best. I want to invite everyone to the 2020 annual meeting of the Academy of Gp Orthodontics in the “Live Music Capital of the World” of Austin, Texas. Mark your calendars now for the weekend September 24-26, 2020! Our annual meeting will be in the Intercontinental Hotel-Stephen F. Austin right in the heart of downtown Austin, which is near many of the city’s music venues and the world famous 6th Street entertainment district. Come hungry because the BBQ is always smoking and the exotic flavors from the infinite international food trucks are not far away on South Congress Avenue (which the locals call SOCO). Austin is a colorful and playful place with a slogan of 'Keeping Austin Weird' ---so there is alot to see and experience. I am so proud of the AGpO organization that I have been a member of for 32 years. Charlie Yates, in 1984, had a passion for teaching the evidence based science of orthodontics to his fellow dentists and in 1987 he established a teaching organization that now has 17 hands on training residencies in cities across the US and Canada. He surely would be thrilled to see his work expanding! Ronald B. Cass DDS, Our esteemed Dr. Ron Austin FAGD, DAGPO will be offering an Advanced AGpO President Orthodontic Residency at his thriving practice beginning in early 2020 (dates to be determined). Contact Adam at the Academy home office for details. The popular Assistant’s Course for employees is scheduled for July 30-August 1, 2020 in Plano, Texas at the Renaissance Legacy West. Start your office planning now. So, you can see that we are continuing Dr Yates' legacy of advancing 'hands on' orthodontic education and AGpO’s 2020 annual meeting in Austin will bring us together for more orthodontic insights and pearls. There is so much to understand about providing orthodontic care for our patients. We need to get together and share our knowledge. See you in Austin! Ronald Cass, DDS, FAGD DAGPO New Location for 2020 Hands-On Early Treatment Course AGpO’s six-session Early Treatment Orthodontic Course will take place this spring in an additional, new location. This comprehen-sive course will begin April 3–4, 2020 in Brunswick, Ohio at the office of pedi-atric dentist and AGpO member Dr. Milton Ntra-gatakis. Dr. Keith Wilkerson, who is a AGpO’s Past Presi-dent and a pediatric dentist from Boerne, TX, will instruct this year-long course. Dr. Ntragatakis will be the clinical co-instructor and host. Course topics will include early orthodontic diagnosis; record taking on young children, treat-ment planning for early crowding; With 70% of all facial growth completed in children from the age of 4 to 9, it becomes impor-tant to step in and provide early treatment to guide the develop-ment of the face and redirect the eruption of the permanent teeth. This hands-on course will provide you with the knowledge and tools to bring this treatment to the parents in your practice that have been asking for correc-tion of their younger child’s problems and the parents who have not realized how impor-tant this treatment can be to their child’s facial development. To learn more or sign up, call 1-800-634-2027 and speak to Adam or Jennifer, or visit www.academyg-portho.com/earlyoh. space analysis in the mixed denti-tion; appliance design; facial profile analysis; airway analysis in relation to facial growth; treatment strate-gies; retention after Phase I; as well as treatment timing and strategies when working with kids. www.orthodontics.com Winter 2020 41
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