Posted: 06/19/19 7:25 PM
Make plans now for September 27-28, 2019 because the NESO Annual Meeting is around the corner! Registration is open for your favorite Fall conference, so don’t miss the discounted Early Registration rates, good through July 28. A sailing regattas cruises through Boston Harbor in front of the city's skyline Coasting on the high energy from last year’s epic meeting at Mohegan Sun, we are excited to present ...
Posted: 06/19/19 2:23 AM
The hottest topic in my in-box these days is the use of tele-dentistry in orthodontics. Let’s start with my opinion, that tele-dentistry is a good thing if used in the right and legal way. And like any tool, it can also be misused. Dr. John Callahan, NESO Trustee Where tele-orthodontics is seemingly most controversial is how it is used as a tool for orthodontic patients and the public. What are reasonable g...
Posted: 06/19/19 2:21 AM
Who is the NESO Representative to AAOPAC? Dr. Jeffrey Lowenstein is your NESO representative to the 2019-2020 Board of Directors of the AAO Political Action Committee (AAOPAC). Jeff graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences from MIT in 1981, his DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1985 and served his residency in Orthodontics at NYU from 1986 to 1988. Jeff and his wife, Robin, a pediatric...
Posted: 04/10/19 5:15 PM
Support Growth of Small Businesses through Tax Policy Small business IS the nation’s biggest business. Most AAO members are both highly-skilled medical professionals and the owners/operators of their own small business. We appreciate the work Congress did to pass major tax reform in 2017, but we remain concerned about how that legislation might affect small businesses, particularly medical professional business...
Posted: 04/10/19 5:14 PM
All Americans deserve access to high quality and affordable healthcare. As Congress considers how to stabilize and strengthen the healthcare market, the AAO supports a healthcare system that maximizes patient control of healthcare decisions, such as choosing their qualified medical professional and determining how best to fund their healthcare needs.The AAO’s top healthcare priorities are to: Strengthen and Exp...
Posted: 04/10/19 5:14 PM
AAO is working hard to ease the burden of student debt. Orthodontists must complete 10 to 11 years of post-secondary education before practicing their specialty. The average graduating orthodontic resident today owes approximately $428,150 in student loan debt. Current federal student loan policy does not really account for a profession’s ability to repay student loans, resulting in policies that compound the ...
Posted: 03/18/19 3:32 PM
Dear NESO Members, I hope that everyone is having a good winter and getting excited with spring right around the corner. As an update, our final numbers from our 2018 Annual Meeting at Mohegan Sun indicate that we had a very successful meeting. For those of you who attended, you know that we tried a different format for the meeting, which has been well-received by attendees, speakers and vend...
Posted: 03/15/19 10:10 PM
Boston Skyline from Downtown Harborwalk at Night NESO2019 Boston promises even more of the innovation in content and programming that you’ve come to expect from NESO! Join us at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center starting on Friday, September 27, with registration and exclusive exhibitor hours in the morning and kicking off the meeting with an opening Lunch and a mix of plenary and breakout sessions...
Posted: 03/15/19 7:19 PM
Orthodontists and Residents Descend on Capitol Hill L. Jeffrey Lowenstein, DMD As the swallows return to Capistrano, so do the orthodontists and orthodontic residents of the American Association of Orthodontists return to Capitol Hill each year overflowing with knowledge and insight for the congressional representatives of the United States. On February 26, 2019, well over 120 orthodontists and orthodon...
Posted: 03/15/19 3:56 PM
by Dr. Brittany SwiderskiPGY2 at Detroit Mercy The average loan burden of an orthodontic resident is $428,000. When we walked into the room and told young staffers this number, there was often a short but evident gasp of shock. The average debt of a dental school graduate is $287,000. So between dental school and graduating as an orthodontic resident, your already anxiety-inducing loan burden almost doubles to ...
