AOS MEMBERSHIP NEWS AOS Upcoming Orthodontic Courses NEW! Dr. Juan Echeverri will be sharing his years of knowledge ONLINE! Exploring Multiple Options Mastering Anchorage: Orthodontics in a Third Dimen-sion is all online where you will gain a clear understanding of and comfort level working with TADs through lecture in the art and science of skele-tal anchorage. At the conclusion of the course, you will know how to confidently carry out the concepts presented in the use of skeletal anchorage with TADs and how to obtain predictable results in their orthodontic therapy. (12 CE hours) There is no better time in history to incorporate orthodontics into your general practice. Dr. McFar-lane’s, I CAN DO INC. Orthodon-tic Education & Mentoring is providing live ONLINE lectures for busy dentists who wish to incorpo-rate orthodontics into their prac-tices. 1-hour webinars on a given Tuesday evening of each month: September 2020-June 2021. 7-8pm CST, dentists can watch them live, or watch them as archived videos. Questions can be submitted during the live sessions through the webi-nar engine, or later via e-mail. (1 CE per session) Dr. Brad Williams’ Intermedi-ate Straight Wire Orthodontics begins in Tulsa April 9-11. Had the Basics? Ready to notch up your Straight Wire skill level? Learn how to bend and torque arch wires, how to close spaces, and when to distal-ize, reposition or extract in this invaluable four-session advanced program (Up to 80 CE hours) Dr. Brad Williams starts his Basic Straight Wire Orthodontics in Orlando May 14-16. Start with the basics in this comprehensive program, which has started hundreds of general and pediatric dentists on the road to successfully incorporating orthodon-tics into their practice! Through clini-cal 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 have benefitted from this course, share with your colleagues who are not yet into ortho. (up to 100 CE hours) In conjunction with the final session of Dr. Brad’s Basic Straight Wire course in Dallas, Susan Coffey, RDA, will conduct her Combined Orthodontic Training & Work-shop for Assistants and Hygien-ists , February 19-21 in Dallas, September 24-26 in Tulsa, and Octo-ber 15-17 in Orlando. Let Susan give your staff the basic-Phase I and II treatment, bracketing/wire place-ment, and diagnostic records to help YOU be more efficient. (20 CE hours) Annual Meeting -Make plans NOW to attend our annual meeting of membership in Clearwater, Octo-ber 28-31. It will be hosted at the amazing Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa. The program offers great education, camaraderie, and lots of FUN. Check our website and your mailbox for more information. The American Orthodontic Society 2020-2021 Officers & Directors President Randy Newby, DDS President-Elect Brian Vierthaler, DDS Vice President Jeffrey P. Dahm, DDS Secretary-Treasurer W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD Immediate Past President Allan Rotberg, DDS Board of Directors Kenneth Ellis, DDS Roy H. Rogers, DDS, MS Coty M. Shores, DDS Susan B. Tiede, DDS Saskia Vaughan, DDS William E. Wyatt, Sr., DDS – Emeritus Board of Examiners Joseph M. Haack, DDS – President Juan C. Echeverri, DDS James E. McIlwain, DDS, MSD -President Elect Michael J. Newman, DDS Kimberly Suter, DDS David M. Thorfinnson, DDS W. Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD – Executive Director (Non-Voting) Get more information about all AOS events at www.orthodontics.com! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn! Executive Director Barbara Zuniga JAOS Editor Greg Cannizzo, DDS 44 Winter 2021 JAOS
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