2010 Staff Presentation Competition Winners Showcase Professionalism
The AAO Council on Orthodontic Practice (COOP) announced the winners of the 2010 Orthodontic Staff Presentation Competition, which took place May 3, 2010 during the AAO Annual Session. The winning presentations were:
First Place: "Thumbsucking Cessation: A Kinder Friendlier Approach," by Debbie Van Dyk, dental hygienist and orofacial mycologist in the practice of Dr. John Kalbfleisch in Mississauga and Yorkville, Ontario, and an orthodontic didactic instructor at the Toronto College of Dental Hygiene.
Second Place: "An Advanced Protocol for Excellence in Hygiene: Air Polishing at Every Orthodontic Appointment," by Tracy Vitug, registered dental hygienist, certified orthodontic assistant and hygiene program coordinator for Dr. Robert Waugh in Athens, GA.
Third Place: "Training for Clinical Efficiency," by Kerry Petrauskas, orthodontic technician/clinic coordinator for Dr. William Crutchfield in Chantilly, VA.
Fourth Place:
- "Internal Marketing Ideas You Can Implement Monday," by Adrian Sloan Little of the orthodontic practice of Drs. Scott Berman and Edwin Lee in Falls Church, VA;
- "Ethics," by Deborah Nuber of UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School, Department of Orthodontics, Newark, NJ;
- "Role of the Technology Coordinator," by Sarah Pompa of the orthodontic practice of Dr. Raymond M. Sugiyama of Los Alamitos, CA;
- "Crystal Clear: Addressing the Assistant's Role with Invisalign," by Tara Salem of the orthodontic office of Dr. Robert Kreashko in Natrona Heights, PA; and
- "Herbst Appliance: Implementing the Herbst Appliance into Your Practice Can Be Easy as 1-2-3," by Misty Strevig from the orthodontic practice of Drs. Robert Scott, Margaret Lu, Stacey Sorkin and Jeffrey Jarvis, based in Westminster, MD.
Slides from all of the above presentations can be viewed via AAOinfo.org. The first and second-place finishers in the competition will be invited to present in the staff educational program at the May 13-17, 2011 AAO Annual Session in Chicago.