2005 – 68th Annual Session MSO/ WFO in Paris, France
Numerous speakers in the WFO Annual Session Program

2004 – 67th Annual Session MSO/GLAO in Chicago, Illinois

Mr. William C. Sutton – Your Recall Should be Worth $1,000,000, Is It?!

Dr. Rohit C. L. Sachdeva – Crossing the Quality Chasm in Orthodontics

Mr. Bruce Christopher – Are We Having Fun Yet?

Dr. James J. Hilgers – The Best @*%#! Orthodontic Ideas, Ever

Dr. Joseph V. Mauro – Bioesthetic Integrated Orthognathic Surgery

Drs. L. Douglas Knight and Barry D. Hilligan – Interdisciplinary Goal Directed Treatment “The Orthodontists Role”

Dr. Straty Righellis – Clinical Orthodontics for Orthodontic Staff—You Do Make a Difference

Dr. David W. Schrody – Understanding the Cause of Marks on the Teeth Associated with Braces and Preventative Strategies that Work

Mr. Paul Gange – A Condensed Course on Orthodontic Bonding Procedures

Dr. Straty Righellis – Interdisciplinary Care—What You Need to Know to Help Your Patients

Dr. David C. Hatcher – Clinical Applications of Digital and 3D Imaging

Dr. Barry Sears – Silent Inflammation, Chronic Disease, and Aging

Dr. Terry A. Selke – Hiring, Training and Retaining Great Staff and Scheduling that Really Works

Dr. Thomas Southard – Practical Biomechanics

Ms. Joan Garbo – The Spirit of Work

Drs. Ron and Bailey Jacobson – Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment: Aim High!

Dr. Chester S. Handelman – Condylar Resorption—The Orthodontist’s Nightmare

Dr. Mark Hans – Orthodontics—Science of the Art

Dr. David R. Musich – Lessons Learned from Patient Retreatment: An Analysis of 100 Patients Who Had Orthodontics as Children and Who Sought Retreatment as Adults

Dr. Mart G. McClellan – Starting on the Right Foot of Your Financial Journey

2003 – 66th Annual Session MSO/SWSO/GLAO in New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Vincent Kokich – Interdisciplinary Guidelines for Managing the Debilitated Adult Dentition

Dr. G. William Arnett – Facial Esthetics, Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery

Dr. David M.Sarver – The Aging Face

Dr. Roger P. Levin – Orthodontic Growth and Success in the 21st Century


2002 – 65th Annual Session MSO in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Joe Mayes – Lean Thinking Orthodontics

Dr. Terry Dischinger – Full Face Orthopediacs without Regards to Patient Cooperation

Dr. John R. (Bob) Smith – Mastering Case Management


2001 – 64th Annual Session MSO/GLAO in Palm Desert, California

Dr. David C. Hamilton – The Requisites for Successful Early Orthopedics and Facial Growth Modification—Individual Patient Care Versus Conclusions Promulgated by Prospective Studies

Dr. John E. Grubb – Digital Radiography and Photography for Your Clinical Practice Future

Dr. Robert J. Isaacson – E-Model/Casts—A 3-D Digital Orthodontic Patient Record

Dr. James A. McNamara – Treatment Timing; When to Start?

Dr. Donald R. Joondeph – Planning Treatment to Optimize Facial Asthetics


2000 – 63rd Annual Session MSO/SWSO in New Orleans, Louisiana

Charlene White – Team Power for the Orthodontic Team

Dr. Vincent G. Kokich – Single-Tooth Implants: The Orthodontic-Restorative Connection

Dr. C. Moody Alexander – Value Added Orthodontics

Dr. Larry M. Wolford – The State of the Art in Management of Dentofacial Deformities and TMJ Dysfunction

Dr. Anoop Sondhi – Reliable and Consistent Bracket Placement: Finishing Details in Orthodontic Treatment


1999 – 62nd Annual Session MSO/GLAO in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Richard Walker – Understanding Your Computer—A Primer for the Orthodontists and Staff

Dr. Richard Walker – The Internet: Much More Than E-Mail

Steve Seltzer – Update on New Technologies for Management, Marketing, Communications and Patient Cooperation

Dr. Robert Scholz – Using Digital Cameras and Acquiring and Using Digital Imaging

Char Eash – Developing and Keeping the Positive, Personal Relationship in this High-Tech World

Dr. Paul Thomas – Digital Imaging for Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery


1998 – 61st Annual Session MSO in St. Louis, Missouri

Dr. Lysle Johnston, Jr. – Functional Appliances and Growth Modification

Dr. Gerald Denehy – Adjunctive Cosmetic Dentistry Procedures for Orthodontics

Dr. Stephen Schendel – Adjunctive Procedures for Orthognathic Surgery

Dr. Anthony Gianelly – One-Phase vs. Two-Phase Treatment—Class II Non-Extraction Treatment


1997 – 60th Annual Session MSO in Rochester, Minnesota

Ed Laskowski, MD – How to Take a Hit and Still Stay Fit

Sally Trippel, MD – Travel Medicine: What to Know Before You Go

Shawn O’Driscoll, MD – Current State of Cartilage Regeneration and Repair

Robert Jacobsen, MD – Chronic Nasal Congestion: A Pediatrician’s Diagnostic Approach and Management

Kevin Reid, DMD – Orofacial Pain Mechanisms

Dusica Babovic, MD – Advances in Genetics and Clinical Practice

David Farley, MD – Minimally Invasive Surgery: A General Surgeon’s Perspective

John Shepard, MD – Snoring: Social and Medical Consequences

Don Hensrud, MD – Dietary Supplements from Antioxidants to Zinc

Ruth Stoeckel, MA – Relationship of Dental Structures to Speech and Language Problems in Children and Adolescents

Don Hensrud, MD – Weight Management: Is it a Losing Battle?

Richard Robb, PhD – Applications of Virtual Reality in Surgery and Medicine

Uldis Bite, MD – Management of Cleft Lip and Palate

Michael Davis – Adolescent Substance Abuse: Something to Sink Your Teeth Into

Nick Hangiandreou, PhD – Digital Radiography and Image Management

Brian Kaihoi – Internet Use in Medicine


1996 – 59th Annual Meeting MSO in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Dr. T. M. Graber – Malpractice Mania

Dr. Harold T. Perry – TMJ – Where Are We Now, How Did We Get Here and Where are We Going?

Dr. Charles Blair – Practice Profitability Analysis, Managed Care Issues, and Practice Valuations

Dr. Donald J. Ferguson – Getting Excellent Results Post-Surgery


1995 – 58th Annual Meeting MSO/SWSO in Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. T. M. Graber – Ethical Dangers in 1995—An Attractive Solution to Orthodontic Problems; A Clinical View

Dr. Rolf G. Behrents – Junk Cases and Their Solutions – The Problems of Retention

Dr. Ze’ev Davidovitch – Biological Responses of Paradental Cells to Mechanical and Electrical Perturbations


1994 – 57th Annual Meeting MSO/GLAO in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Vincent G. Kokich – Excellence in Finishing: Modifications for the Perio/Restorative Patient—Missing Maxillary Laterals: Bridges, Implants or Substitution?

Dr. Patrick K. Turley – Early Management of the Developing Class III Malocclusion

Dr. Robert L. Boyd – Non-Extraction Orthodontics via Dental Arch Expansion: What is the Periodontal Liability and Long Term Stability?

Dr. Bruce H. Epker – Monitoring the Orthodontic Surgical Patient: Etiology and Management of Complications


1993 – 56th Annual Meeting in Rapid City, South Dakota

Robert L. Speers – Legal Aspects of Standards of Care

Dr. Michael Riolo – The Establishment of Standard of Care for Orthodontic Treatments: What Exists, What is Needed

Dr. Jack Wilson – Dealing with Craniomandibular Disorders in the Orthodontic Practice

Dr. T. Michael Speidel – The Future of Quality Assurance in Orthodontics

Dr. Ward M. Smalley – Osseo-Integrated Implants in Orthodontics, Improving the Standard of Care

Dr. Thomas P. Sperry and Dr. James W. McGough – Complications in Orthognathic Surgery—The Practical Application of Standards of Care


1992 – 55th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. R. G. "Wick" Alexander – The Alexander Discipline—Treatment and Retention for Long-Term Stability

Dr. Donald R. Joondeph – Stability of Anterior Mandibular Repositioning Therapy in TMD Patients—Long Term Stability of Class II Treatments

Dr. Rolf G. Behrents – The Survival of the Orthodontic Treatment Result: The Impact of Growth and Treatment


1991 – 54th Annual Session in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dr. Richard P. Walker – Computer-Aided Imaging for Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery

Ms. Lynda Barbat, Dr. Charles McNeill, Dr. John Rugh – Craniomandibular

Disorders. Guidelines for Evaluation, Diagnosis and Management


1990 – 53rd Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida

Dr. Robert Kusy – What Really Influences Sliding Mechanics Anyway?

Dr. Joseph Caruso – Current Concepts in Ceramic Brackets and Design in Orthodontic Treatment

Dr. Norman Mohl – Functional Anatomy of the Temporomandibular Joint

Dr. Sandy Parrott – How Orthodontists Could Benefit from Mounting Their Cases and the Use of Splint Therapy in Orthodontic Practice


1989 – 52nd Annual Session in St. Louis, Missouri

Dr. Katherine W. L. Dryland-Vig – The Role of the Orthodontist in the Management of Craniofacial Anomalies

Dr. Harry L. Legan – Surgical Treatment of Skeletal Class III Malocclusions

Dr. Lloyd E. Pearson – Non-Surgical Treatment of Open-Bite Malocclusions

Dr. Donald R. Poulton – Surgical Treatment of Open-Bite Malocclusions


1988 – 51st Annual Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska

Dr. Lysle E. Johnston – The Effect of Fixed and Functional Orthodontic

Treatment on Mandibular Growth and Position: A Critical Evaluation of Several Contemporary Hypotheses and Conjectures

Dr. Dennis M. Killiany – Mandibular Function and Its Impact on Condylar Growth

Dr. Frank J. Sobkowski – Diagnostic Imaging: Techno-Development and Bio-Hazard

Dr. Gary L. Carlson – Significant Advances in Orthodontics Through the Routine Use of Study Models Mounted in Centric Relation

Dr. T. M. Graber – TMJ Dysfunction, Orthodontics and the Malpractice Crisis


1987 – 50th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Lewis Klapper – Evolution of Orthodontic Appliances to Achieve Gnathological Results: From the E Arch to Adjustable Brackets

Dr. Sheldon W. Rosenstein – Graduate Orthodontics: Clinical Training in the Midwest—The Present and the Future

Dr. Donald J. Ferguson – Surgical Orthodontics: A Golden Anniversary of Innovation

Dr. Richard J. Smith – Limitations on Progress in Clinical Orthodontics: What Do We Know, and When Do We Know it?

Dr. Richard W. Ackerman, Jr. – Computerized Treatment Planning and Assessment

Dr. John S. Casko – The Future of Orthodontics: Differential Diagnosis Versus the Panacea Appliance

Dr. Edwin H. K. Yen – Orthodontics as a Specialty? A New Attitude

Dr. Robert N. Moore – Predoctoral and Continuing Education in Orthodontics: Opinions of the Nebraska Dental and Orthodontic Alumni

Dr. T. Michael Speidel – Clinical Orthodontics: Does the Past Predict the Future?

Dr. Lysle Johnston – Through a Glass Darkly: The Future of Orthodontic Research and Education

Dr. John F. Cleall – A Morganatic Marriage—Interdisciplinary Activities

Dr. A. Howard Sather – Stereocephalometric Radiography

Dr. Harold T. Perry – Mandibular Dysfunction: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?


1986 – 49th Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. O. B. Vaughan – Early Recognition & Management of Periodontal Problems as They Present in the Orthodontic Office – Periodontal Surgery for the Orthodontic Patient

Dr. Fred Garrett, Dr. George Quirk – Orthodontics/Orthognathic Surgery—An Integrated Team Approach

Dr. Toshitaka Ogata – Neuromuscular Factors and Airway Consideration in Orthodontics


1985 – 48th Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Levern Merrifield – Directional Force Technology

Dr. Herbert A. Klontz – Total Space Analysis

Dr. Terrell L. Root – The Level Anchorage System

Dr. Thomas B. Creekmore – Appliance Design and Mechanics for All Situations

Dr. Robert N. Moore – Skeletal Maturity Assessment: It’s More Than Bone Age

Dr. Leslie C. Erickson – Orthodontic Arch Wire Update


1984 – 47th Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Robert P. Scholtz – Second Molar Extraction: Why and When and Interceptive Treatment Procedures in Orthodontics

Dr. Daniel Laskin – TMJ Disorders: The Confusion About Occlusion

Dr. Donald Woodside – Dual Bite

Dr. Sheldon Rosenstein – Surgical and Orthodontic Management of Cleft Lip and Palate

Dr. Charles J. Burstone – New Developments in Edgewise Mechanics

Dr. Ib Leth Nielson – Cephalometric Evaluation of Growth and Treatment Changes and Its Clinical Application


1983 – 46th Annual Meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina

Dr. Lennart Wieslander – Intensive Treatment of Severe Class II Malocclusions with a Headgear-Herbst Appliance in the Early Mixed Dentition

Dr. Bjorn Zachrisson – Stripping and Contouring of Anterior Teeth; Unusual Transplants; Retainer Bonding Techniques; Update of Bonding; and New Clinical Findings

Dr. Lloyd Pearson – How to Integrate Functional Appliances into a Traditional Edgewise Practice

Dr. James Jensen – Excellence in Orthodontic Finishing and Differential Retention