Trustee Report: Component Legal Support Fund aids New Hampshire and New York
On a local level, I am happy to report that AAO’s Component Legal Support Fund (“CLSF”) has helped two NESO components with their state advocacy issues in just the last year. In February, the AAO’s Associate General Counsel, Sean Murphy...
Learn More »Hear NESO2018 Speaker Neal Kravitz on A Return to Phase I Efficiency
Neal D Kravitz, DMD, MS Phase I interceptive treatment should be prescribed conservatively. In many offices, virtually every second or third grader entering for a consultation now leaves with a treatment plan for an expander and braces. When I started...
Learn More »NESO News Special Report: ScanStores
ScanStores are popping up all across the nation. What’s a ScanStore? Are they legal? Who is doing the intraoral scanning? And what does all this mean to the local orthodontist? Let’s start by taking a peek inside the ScanStore. The...
Learn More »Interview with Dr. Katie Klein
Tell me about your background. I am originally from Rhode Island, and graduated from the 7-year accelerated dental program at Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. During dental school, I received an Air Force Health...
Learn More »REGISTER NOW for NESO Mohegan Sun 2018!
NESO 2018 Mohegan Sun November 2-3, 2018 Join us this year for a new brand of NESO Annual Meeting! A single track for all attendees, appealing to both doctors and staff. A scientific program condensed into one and one half...
Learn More »President’s Message
Happy spring! Or in my neck of the NESO woods, happy summer as our spring lasted all of one week. That being said, with spring comes the annual AAO meeting, which took place this year in Washington, DC. As usual,...
Learn More »Our Current And Future Roadmap
The new AAO President, Dr. Brent Larson, addressed the AAO House of Delegates on May 7, 2018. He focused his message on the AAO’s new strategic map. This article captures much of what he presented. As your Trustee, along with...
Learn More »NESO Serves: 2018 Professional Advocacy Conference
The American Association of Orthodontists recently conducted its annual Professional Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC. Each year, members visit various Congressional offices on Capitol Hill to advocate for various topics of concern to the AAO. For 2018, in a unique...
Learn More »Becoming an Orthodontist in the US and UK
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an orthodontist in a foreign country? What are the similarities and differences in funding, educational pathway, treatment modalities and post-graduation career path? In this article, we dive in and compare orthodontic...
Learn More »Council On Scientific Affairs Report
COSA photo 1The Council On Scientific Affairs Report (COSA), held a meeting on May 4, 2018 at the AAO Annual Session. This meeting was to review COSA members’ assignments for the 2018 Annual Session. During Annual Session, COSA members judged...
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