Embracing a New Era
Watch this video of our 2023 Gerety Advanced Treatment Mechanics Annual Symposium from the comfort of your home or office, when it fits best into your schedule. The format of the video allows you to view the speaker in a portion of the screen with the main focus on their slide presentation. For crystal clarity the sound is directly from our sound board and the slide presentation is the feed from the computer, providing you the best digital quality of both the audio and visual. We are so excited to now have the capability to offer a Live Stream venue of our courses to our students! This allows us to provide access to a video of the entire course for all who missed the live event. Don't miss a minute from the weekend, the video includes all presentations from the weekend including the lectures of the instructors and the Table Clinics. We had a wonderful weekend in Dallas and are honored to be able to have this to share for years to come!
The theme for this year’s Annual Symposium is Connecting the Dots. Connecting the Dots is a popular puzzle which requires that you connect the like-colored dots without crossing any lines, requiring much thought and planning. If we relate it to orthodontic treatment, each dot can represent a part or process of treatment. Dots are connected through a thought process that leads from one dot to the next; the outcome of one dot helps define the next dot and how the next dot works. We move from one dot to the next by asking ourselves questions, but you must ask the right questions to be effective. It’s the difference between seeing the dots and being able to connect them. We will begin this Update course by answering the most frequently asked questions relating to Case Finishing. Our instructors this year will be Michael Auld, Damon Huffman and Deb Ettle-Resnick.
To fine tune and precisely detail orthodontic cases we must be willing to spend a little extra time, closely examine many minute details, and thoroughly understand the system of case finishing mechanics. We must discipline ourselves to have a vision of the 6 Keys to Optimal Occlusion and the components of a beautiful smile. Our instructors will detail their vision for case finishing and share their cases with the participants. This 2-day program will focus on basic and advanced mechanics, from beginning to finishing procedures, as well as using the proper tools, in the right sequence, to best resolve the issues most effectively.
While maintaining our core philosophy and mechanics, we will explore and expose developments in appliances, materials, and products as they pertain to some of our more advanced or complicated cases. Definite advantages and disadvantages have been encountered over the years and we will present these mechanics and define our guidelines for determining when one appliance may be indicated or preferred over another. This course is structured for the doctor that is currently utilizing the Straight Wire appliance, has a clear understanding of mechanics and desires an update in terms of current trends and techniques in orthodontics.
Dr Debra Ettle-Resnick - Deb earned her Dental Assisting degree before graduating from the University of Minnesota with her DDS degree. In 1992, she started five private practices in northwestern MN, where began incorporating Straight-Wire Orthodontics into her practices in 1994. Deb is a current member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honor society. In 2004, she was awarded her Diplomat status from the AOS, and she has served on their Board of Examiners. She is a multiple recipient of the Robert G. Gerety Case of the Year Award, which is presented as recognition for the highest level of clinical achievement in orthodontics. We are honored to have Deb lead our Comprehensive Course team as Senior Instructor in Dallas.
Damon Huffman - Damon graduated from the University of Texas Dental School at Houston in 1994. The following year he took Dr. Robert Gerety’s GP Comprehensive Orthodontic course. This allowed him to incorporate orthodontics into his busy family practice. In 20 years Dr. Huffman has completed over 700 orthodontic cases following Dr. Gerety’s Straight Wire techniques. He has been an active member of the American Orthodontic Society and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Huffman received his Fellowship in the AOS in 2011, his Fellowship in the AGD in 2013, and his Diplomate from the AOS in 2015. In 2014, Damon joined our Comprehensive Course team and is an associate instructor in Dallas.
Michael Auld - Michael graduated Magna Cum Laude from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2005, and is a 2009 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry where he graduated with distinction. Michael joined his uncle's dental practice in McAlester, OK where he practices family dentistry. Michael completed our Comprehensive Ortho course in Tulsa in 2011 and immediately began incorporating the Gerety Straight Wire techniques into his practice. Michael has returned to our class each year and has been an invaluable mentor to our first year students, and a contributor to our online forum. We welcomed him to our team as an Associate Instructor in 2017.
All Times Listed are Central Standard Time. Actual times and schedule may vary.
9:00 Kay Gerety - Welcome and Introductions
9:15 Michael Auld - Answers to Some Most FAQ About Case Finishing
10:00 Break
10:30 Michael Auld – Continued
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Deb Resnick - Connecting the Dots that have improved the quality and efficiency of my Case Finishing
My Orthodontic Journey
3:00 Break
3:30 Deb Resnick – Continued
5:00 Adjourn
9:00 Debra Ettle-Resnick - Continue review of cases
10:30 Break
11:00 Dr Damon Huffman - Indirect Bonding Revisited
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Dr. Damon Huffman – Connecting the Dots for Comprehensive Class I and Class II Cases
3:30 Break
4:00 Dr. Damon Huffman - Continue Case Review
5:00 Adjourn
Please contact us directly to purchase the Package using the Payment Plan and we will set you up with terms that will fit into your budget. We offer a variety of plans, all with no interest charges. We ask for the first payment at registration, and then a monthly automatic payment until the balance is paid. It's simple and easy!
With this program, there is no need to invest in the cost of orthodontic instruments until you determine if orthodontics is truly something you are going to integrate into your practice.
We do not charge our students for borrowing the equipment, but we do ask that the students pay for the shipping and handling. Simply go to our "Product" page and add it to your shopping cart. For more information visit our News Article section or contact us directly.
Our mission is to make the orthodontic teachings of Dr. Robert "Big Bob" Gerety accessible to all dentists who have an interest in learning his program. By offering an "All Inclusive Orthodontic Program" we believe we can make it possible for everyone who has a desire to learn orthodontics.
All courses and products require a membership in order to view. If you are a new user signing up, a basic membership will be added to your cart if you have chosen only courses that do not already contain a complimentary membership.