EDITOR’S WELCOME Greg Cannizzo, DDS, CDE, JAOS Editor 3617 Municipal Drive, McHenry, IL 60050 Phone: (815) 344-2282 • Fax: (815) 344-5815 Email: drgrc@joltmail.com ASSOCIATION STAFF Adam Griswold AGpO Executive Director Academy of Gp Orthodontics 509 E. Boydston St. Rockwall, TX 75087-3956 (800) 634-2027 E-mail: agriswold@academygportho.com Nate Porter AOS Executive Director American Orthodontic Society 2451 West Grapevine Mills Circle Suite 510 Grapevine, TX 76051 E-mail: support@orthodontics.com Tom Chapman AOS Contributor E-mail: TChapman@orthodontics.com Changing Your Mindset is a Game Changer Change is more than just an elec-tion slogan. Over the last three years, change has been everywhere. Coun-tries have closed down, then opened up. Entire businesses have disap-peared. Inflation has roared like a wild fire causing prices to skyrocket on eggs, meat, gas and other everyday items. Interest rates leap up and large tech companies are laying off workers resulting in the loss of jobs and bene-fits to thousands. Consumer confi-dence appears to be in a tail spin. So how can we navigate through these times of change as storm clouds continue to build on the horizon? The answer to that would be attitude. You get to decide how this “economic soft spot” will affect you. As Helen Keller once said “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Attitude will be the compass that guides us through economic stormi-ness and uncertainty. One of my favorite stories on attitude begins with…Once upon a time, there was a monk who ran. Everyday, the monk would lace up his running shoes and head out along a popular local path. He always kept to himself, preferring to train alone. As other runners passed him or ran by him, they would nod, say hi, or ask how he was doing. But the monk was rarely friendly and he scowled whenever anybody asked him why he ran. He usually mumbled his answer so that no one could hear. He never offered to pace a fellow runner or talk about his training; he kept his workout and knowledge of running and training to himself. Everyday, a missionary would lace up his running shoes and head out along a neighboring popular path. The missionary was more outgoing and he ran with a smile on his face. As other runners passed him or ran by him, he would great them by name and ask how their training was progressing. The missionary was always enthusiastic and ready to talk about how great running was, and he would gladly answer anyone who asked why he ran (sometimes he would tell people even if they didn’t ask)! He spoke of the mental and physical health benefits of running and how he could do it for the rest of his life. He would educate and help others with their training, showing them how to improve and be better runners. Soon, he had the whole village running and enjoying every step of it. If you start to feel an economic slowdown, take the opportunity to use that extra free time to recon-nect with your core patients of record. Don’t get stuck staring at the closed door. Like the mission-ary, lace up and take the extra time to connect with the people around you. Talk with your patients and reconnect. Be enthusiastic, educate them. People buy from people they like. Make sure everyone in your practice and community knows you offer comprehensive care including orthodontics. So, in 2023, reconnect not only with your patients but also with your fellow members of the AOS and AGpO. Make a point to attend this year’s annual meetings and touch base with colleagues and friends. They are your village. Take the chance to talk with others in your community. Being part of this year’s annual meeting will give you the possibility to pick up many orthodontic pearls and participate in the best CE available for general practitioners and pedodontists who do orthodontics. I’ll be looking for you in Clearwater and Greenville, where we will enjoy every step of these great meetings. EDITORIAL STAFF Greg Cannizzo, DDS ............. AGpO/AOS Editor Jordan Balvich, DMD ........................ AOS Co-Editor Jim Mcllwain, DDS, MSD .................. AOS Co-Editor Lisa A. Wright ......................... AOS/AGpO Managing Editor Email: jaos@wrightgrp.com EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD Robert Allen, DDS.................................AGpO Ron Austin, DDS...................................AGpO Chris Baker, RN, DMD .............................AOS Kauser Bari, DDS ...................................AGpO Jeff Dahm, DDS........................................AOS Fred Der, DDS .......................................AGpO Elsa Echeverri, DDS..................................AOS Drew Ellenwood, DDS ..........................AGpO Debra Ettle-Resnick, DDS.........................AOS Twana Farley-Duncan, DDS.....................AOS Majid Feshresti, DDS.............................AGpO Edward Gonzalez, Jr., DMD .....................AOS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS.........................AGpO Gregory T. Jeneary, DDS ..........................AOS Amanda Larsh, DMD ............................AGpO Brian Machart, DDS..............................AGpO Kyle McCrea, DDS ................................AGpO Sherman Menser, DDS..........................AGpO Randy Newby, DDS..................................AOS Minh-Khol Nguyen, DDS .....................AGpO Milton Ntragatakis, DDS.......................AGpO Humberto Nunez-Gil, DMD .................AGpO Ann Mary Orr, DDS .................................AOS Jennifer Rand, DDS...............................AGpO Raphael Santore, DDS...........................AGpO Joseph R. Schmidbauer, DDS ...................AOS Gary Schulman, DDS ...............................AOS Robert Shirley, DDS ..............................AGpO Kimberly Suter, DDS ................................AOS Susan Tiede, DDS .....................................AOS Walter Tippen, DDS ..............................AGpO Jose E. Turcios, DDS .................................AOS Saskia Vaughn, DDS.................................AOS Bradford R. Williams, DDS ......................AOS William Wyatt, Sr., DDS ..........................AOS 4 Winter 2023 JAOS
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