Orthodontics: What's New?

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GORP: Graduate Orthodontic Resident Program

 

The orthodontic graduate students attended the Graduate Orthodontic Resident Program at the University of Michigan in August 2006.  The program consisted of lectures and seminars directed to residents from world-renowned lecturers.  Keynote speakers this year included Dr. Gerry Samson, Ms. Rosemary Bray, Dr. Dwight Damon.  A favorite of the program was the annual t-shirt contest in which each school designs a shirt to be judged for prizes.  This year the UK residents won the overall prize for best shirt of the forty-eight schools attending.

 

                              -Pictured the students of UK Ortho and Dr. Dwight Damon

 

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SAO: Southern Association of Orthodontists

 

Dr. Cheryl Widejko and Dr. Joe Petrey, members of the class of 2008, presented a table clinic at the Southern Association of Orthodontists meeting in Destin, Florida in October 2006.  Their topic was “Orthodontic Implications of TMD Appliance Designs.”  The presentation focused on the creation of anterior and posterior open bites with repeated appliance wear.  The table clinic included a description of TMJ Disorders and an explanation of the types of appliances currently used to treat TMD.  Specific attention was given to partial coverage appliances, and cases were presented demonstrate the impact of partial coverage appliances and their creation of anterior and posterior open bites.  Recommendations for appliance therapies and TMD treatments were also offered.  Cheryl and Joe's clinic was one of only nine awarded table clinic presentations at the meeting.  They were able to attend and present at the meeting through the generous support of alumni and friends of the program.

 

   

                  

Dr. Joe Petrey and Dr. Cheryl Widejko present a table clinic at the SAO.

 

Left to Right: Dr. Joe Petrey, Dr. David Saver,

Dr. Cheryl Widejko and Dr. Jim McNamara at the Southern Association of Orthodontists meeting.

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Dr. Kokich

 

Members of the UK Orthodontic Graduate Program attended a lecture by Dr. Vince G. Kokich at Caesars Indiana in February 2007.  The presentation focused on implants and orthodontics, and Dr. Kokich demonstrated techniques for the use of restorable implants in orthodontic therapy as well as discussions on implant site preparation and bone remodeling.  The event was held by the Louisville Implant Study Group and was geared toward general practitioners, periodontists, oral surgeons, and orthodontists.  Dr. Kokich has previously served as the president of the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry.  He is a world-renowned lecturer on topics of orthodontics and esthetic dentistry, as well as an author, clinician, and educator.

 

          

 

                       - Pictured Dr. John Newcomb, University of Louisville, Dr. Vince Kokich, Dr. Joe Petrey, University of Kentucky.