AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Orthodontic Courses The American Orthodontic Society 2020 Officers & Directors President Allan Rotberg, DDS President-Elect Randy Newby, DDS Vice President Robert J. Tippin, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD NEW! Want to get over to the West Coast? Dr. Bruce McFarlane will be leading a comprehensive Orthodontics for the General Dentist course in Orange County beginning February 28 & 29, 2020. Learn case selection, diagnosis for success, treatment modalities, includ-ing Straight Wire and clear aligners, early treatment devices, management of discrepancies, case finishing and retention. (56 CDE hours) Dr. Brad Williams starts his Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics in Orlando February 28 – March 1. Start with the basics in this comprehensive program, which has started hundreds of general and pediatric dentists on the road to successfully incorporating orthodontics into their practice! Through clinical lecture and hands-on exercises, Dr. Brad makes sure you leave this five-session course with the skills to ably diagnose and treat Class I and Class II malocclusions. If you’ve benefitted from this course, share with your colleagues who are not yet into ortho. (Up to 100 CDE hours) In conjunction with the last session of Dr. Brad’s Basic in Dallas, March 6 – 8, Susan Coffey, RDA, will conduct her Combined Orthodontic Training & Workshop for Assistants and Hygienists . Let Susan bring your staff up to speed – Phase I and II treatment, bracketing and wire placement, diagnostic records, and beyond – in order to help YOU be more efficient. She offers her program again in Orlando July 10 – 12. (20 CDE hours) If you’ve learned the basics, it’s time to improve your skills with Dr. Brad’s Intermediate Straight Wire course! Beginning April 20 – 26 in Tulsa, this four-session program gives you an update on latest tech-niques and advances your knowledge of the Straight Wire technique, allowing you to treat more difficult cases. Remember, as with the Basic course, you may monitor the entire course FREE of charge the following year. (Up to 80 CDE hours) Don’t forget to take advantage of our Spring Meeting and Board-Eligible Review Course , coming up April 17th & 18th in Dallas. Hear some great lectures from Dr. Terrance Spahl, Dr. Soroush Zaghi, and Dr. Azita Anissi in our Spring Meeting sessions or glean expert advice on achieving your credentialing goals from several of our experienced Diplomates in the Society in our Review Course. Dr. Larry White has graciously agreed to teach a two-day class on Half of What You Know About Orthodontics is Wrong – catchy title, huh? – in Dallas, May 15th and 16th. Among other invaluable point-ers, learn how to discern the advan-tage of using a soft tissue diagnosis and treatment planning regimen, determine the best position for the mandibular incisor, use round wires for torquing maxillary incisors, maximize the edgewise appliance, and simplify the correction of poste-rior X-bites. (14 CDE hours) Get more information about all AOS events at www.orthodontics.com! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn! Immediate Past President Kimberly Suter, DDS Board of Directors Jordan J. Balvich, DMD, FAGD Jeff Dahm, DDS Elsa Echeverri, DDS Kenneth Ellis, DDS Susan B. Tiede, DDS Saskia Vaughn, DDS Brian Vierthaler, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS – Emeritus Board of Examiners Azita Anissi, DDS – President Juan C. Echeverri, DDS Joseph M. Haack, DDS – President Elect James E. McIlwain, DDS, MSD Michael J. Newman, DDS David M. Thorfinnson, DDS W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD – Executive Director (Non-Voting) Executive Director Barbara Zuniga Executive Director Emeritus Thomas N. Chapman, CAE JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 Winter 2020 JAOS
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