Welcome
This is the website of the North Carolina Association of Orthodontists. Our goal is to provide information to our members. Please feel free to peruse the site and view all of the different areas.
MissionThe mission of the North Carolina Association of Orthodontists is to educate, inform and provide leadership for our members and to promote the delivery of quality orthodontic treatment to the residents of North Carolina.
Annual MeetingEvery year the North Carolina Association of Orthodontists sponsors an annual meeting for its members and guests. Dr. John R. Christensen, the current president, who practices in Durham, North Carolina, will host the 2011 annual meeting. The meeting site is the Sheraton Imperial Hotel n the Research Triangle Park. The dates are February 4th-5th, 2011.
The featured speaker for the 2011 Annual meeting is Dr. William R. Proffit, Kenan Professor of Orthodontics at the University of North Carolina. He was chairman of that department from 1975 to 2001. He is also the author of Contemporary Orthodontics, now published in ten languages, and co-author of Contemporary Treatment of Dentofacial Deformity and two other books on surgical treatment. Other publications include over 170 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and more than 50 book chapters and invited contributions. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, and among other awards has been recognized for excellence in clinical research with the Norton Ross Award of the American Dental Association, for teaching excellence with the Jarabak Award of the American Association of Orthodontists, and for contributions to orthodontics with the Ketcham Award from the American Board of Orthodontics.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
