Educational Courses

80 Credit Hours (20 per session)

David W. Jackson, DDS, FAGD, IBO

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Call 800-448-1601 between the hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday CST, and use your credit card to make your deposit and register. Phone registration will assure your place in the course.

Course Fees
Course fee: $3,495 per doctor, 1/2 price for assistants. (Note: If you sign up and pay in full by September 26th, the doctor receives a $500 discount and the assistants a $250 discount.) Ask about AOS financing options.

Typodonts are required to perform Hands–On Exercises. Please bring your typodont fully banded. First molar bands require .022 slots, gingival buccal tubes, and horizontal lingual sheaths. A list of recommended instruments will be provided prior to Session I.

David W. Jackson, DDS, FAGD, IBO

Dr. Dave, a native of Dallas, graduated from Baylor University in 1972. He then attended pharmacy school at the University of Texas, taught mathematics in two private schools and graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1978. Dr. Jackson’s accomplishments in dentistry, orthodontics, and civics include:

• Member of Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry
• Member of the American Dental Association
• Member of the Texas Dental Association
• Member of the Dallas County Dental Society
• Past Board Member and Past President of the International Association for Orthodontics
• Past Board Member and Past President of the American Orthodontic Society
• Current Board of Examiner for the American Orthodontic Society
• Past President of the Garland Dental Research Study Club
• Past President of the Southwest Association for the Study of Orthodontics (SWASO)
• Past Editor for the newsletter for SWASO
• Quarterly Column in the Journal of the American Orthodontic Society "Orthobites"
• Member of the Academy of Cranoifacial Pain
• Past President and Current Board Trustee for the Rockwall Independent School District
• Board member and former teacher for the Alexander School (Private School in Richardson, Texas)
• Graduate and #1 in his class from the Dale Carnegie Institute
• Publications in the Journal of the American Orthodontic Society
• Publications in the Journal of International Association for Orthodontics
• Publication in the magazine,"Hospital Management"
• A 32-degree Master Mason, a Scottish-Rite Mason, and a Shriner
• A presenter for National Dental Network

Dr. Jackson is married to his wife Beth of 24 years has three children David II (21), Sarah, and Daniel (15). He resides in Heath, Texas. His hobbies include taking care of his farm animals (cows, goats, donkeys, and horses), documenting orthodontic cases and writing about them, fi shing, boating, singing and family functions.

Dr. Jackson operates two highly successful practices in Farmersville and Rowlett Texas and employees over twenty-fi ve employees. He lectures extensively for the American Orthodontic Society and the International Association for Orthodontics. His insight to the real world of orthodontics in the general and pediatric dental offi ce is honest, sincere, informative, and entertaining. We know you will see his genuine desire to advance your orthodontic knowledge base.

Course Description
The Next Steps is intended to further your orthodontic education. The Next Steps is a course designed for the orthodontic practitioner who has just completed a basic course, and/or the doctor who may have been practicing orthodontics and would like an update in the latest concepts. The course will consist of clinical lectures on Friday and Saturday with a half-day Sunday devoted to reviewing your cases that you may be having difficulties with and/or orthodontic cases you are considering for treatment. A total of 80 continuing hours of credit may be gained (20 per session).

Session 1

Expanded Cephalometrics
Expanded Diagnosis
Systematic Treatment Planning
“Forming Your Orthodontic Practice Correctly”
Aligners – the Good, The Bad, The Ugly
“Wireology”
Brackets, Slots, and Orders of Bends
The Jackson Straightwire Series
The Six Types of Orthodontic Appliances
The Sim Analysis
Phase I Treatment
Prefabricated Utility Archwire
Rapid Palatal Expansion vs. Slow Alveolar Remodeling
Regional Acceleratory Phenomenon
Bundles of Bones Theory

Exercise 1 Fabrication of an Archwire
Exercise 2 Placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd Order Bends in Archwire
Exercise 3 Fabrication of a Utility Archwire

Session 2

Expanded Diagnosis
Marketing your Orthodontics and Practice
Right Fees at the Right Time
Distalization vs. Mandibular Repositioning
Distalization Appliances
Mandibular Repositioning Appliances
Alternative to Headgears
The Profile Enhancer
Treating Anterior Open Bites
Habit Appliances
Treating the Tongue Thrust
What strength, type, & when to employ Intraoral Elastics
Treating Diastemas and Midlines
Treating Rotated Molars
Phase I Retention – the Fixed removable Lingual Arch

Exercise 4 Placing a Lower MDA
Exercise 5 Fabrication of a “Poor Man’s Herbst”
Exercise 6 Fabrication of a FRLA Arch

Session 3

Expanded Diagnosis
The Business of Orthodontics
Getting Paid for Your Services
Dealing with Compliance Issues
Adenoids and the Craniofacial Complex
Sleep Apnea and Orthodontics
Knowing When to consider Extraction Orthodontics
Extraction Mechanics
Closing Spaces
Tooth/Arch Discrepancies
Treating Canted Occlusions
Treating Impacted Canines
Treating Impacted Second Molars
Partial Anodontia
Case Finishing Pearls

Exercise 7 Fabrication of a Torqued Archwire
Exercise 8 Fabrication of T-loops, Omega Loops
Exercise 9 Fabrication of Molar Uprighting Springs

Session 4

Expanded Diagnosis
Developing your own Orthodontic Philosophy
Orthodontic Scheduling in a General Practice
Increasing Your Orthodontic Patient Load
The Self-ligating Bracket
Alternative Expansion with .040 Stainless Steel
Alternative to the Open coil Spring – The Closed Arch
Treating the Class III patient
Treating with Three Archwires
Phase II Retention
Orthodontics and TMD
Surgical Orthodontics
Asymmetry in Orthodontics
Partial Dentures, Crowns, and Bridges in Orthodontics
A Touch of “TADS”

Exercise 10 Fabrication of the Big Daddy
Exercise 11 Fabrication of a Transpalatal Appliance
Exercise 12 Expanding and Opening Space without OCS

Special Features
Monitoring Policy
Students may monitor for free the year following their initial participation in the class. Previous participants may retake the series or single sessions at half price, space permitting.

Schedule Flexibility
Sessions between cities may be interchanged. A missed session can be taken the next year.

Membership
Founded in 1975, the American Orthodontic Society is the world's largest association of general and pediatric dentists who practice orthodontics. In addition to our fine continuing education programs we offer many other benefits for you, your staff, and your practice. Call us today at 800-448-1601.

Schedule
Registration begins at 7:30 AM. Classes Friday and Saturday will be from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Sunday will be from 8:00 AM until noon. (80 hours of continuing education).

Recognition
The American Orthodontic Society is an Accepted Program Provider of the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of the AOS are accepted for FAGD/MAGD credit. A total of 80 hours will be granted for this course.

Class Location
DALLAS: Crown Plaza Addison, Addison, Texas. Please call at least four (4) weeks in advance to take advantage of our room block. Call 972.980.8877 for room reservations.

SAN DIEGO: Classes will be held at the Ortho Organizers facility at 1822 Aston Avenue, Carlsbad, California. A list of nearby hotels will be provided upon registration.