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The board was established by the American Association of Orthodontists in Estes Park, Colorado. Albert Ketcham Award was established by the organization in 1935 to give the highest recognition to an individual in Orthodontics. In 1950, American Dental Association recognized ABO as the official certifying agency of the specialty of Orthodontics ...
Everett Shapiro (December 5, 1917 – January 1, 2002) was an American orthodontist who was a past president of the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. [1]
Wendell L. Wylie (December 5, 1913 – February 19, 1966) was an American orthodontist who served as a President of American Board of Orthodontics and the Chief Editor for The Angle Orthodontist Journal. [1] [2]
Alfred Paul Rogers (July 5, 1873 – April 6, 1959) was an American orthodontist who was considered the father of the myofunctional therapy in orthodontics. He was the president of American Association of Orthodontists and American Academy of Dental Sciences. [1] He was also instrumental in forming the American Board of Orthodontics. [2]
Renfroe became certified as an orthodontic specialist in by the Illinois State Dental Board in 1948, and by the American Board of Orthodontics in 1955. [1] He was thought to be one of the first African Americans in Illinois to specialize in this field.
James A. McNamara Jr. (born in San Francisco) [1] is an American-trained, board certified, orthodontist. He is known for his development of McNamara analysis , one of the more popular methods of cephalometric analysis in cephalometry .
In addition, Dugoni served as president of the California Dental Association, the American Dental Association, and the American Dental Education Association, but also the American Board of Orthodontics as well. He presented numerous lectures, papers, clinics and essays during his career and published more than 175 articles about dentistry.
[58] [59] Entrance into an accredited orthodontics program is extremely competitive and begins by passing a national or state licensing exam. [60] The program generally lasts for two to three years, and by the final year, graduates are required to complete the written American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) exam. [60]