Prof. Dr. James A. McNamara, Michigan
Friday,
November 26
09:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
This presentation will consider various approaches to the management
of Class III
malocclusion. Both short-term and long-term treatment effects will be
discussed and
the following topics will be considered: Craniofacial growth in untreated
Class III
subjects; The orthopedic facial mask of Petit (combined with a bonded
acrylic splint
expander); The FR-3 appliance of Fränkel; Occipital-pull and vertical-pull
chin cups;
and, Use of bone plates in the true orthopedic correction of Class III
malocclusion.
Prof. Dr. James A. McNamara, a graduate of the University of California
Berkeley,
received his dental and orthodontic education at the Univ. of California,
San
Francisco, and a Doctorate in Anatomy from the Univ. of Michigan. He
serves as the
Thomas M. and Doris Graber Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Dept.
of
Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Prof. of Cell and Developmental
Biology in the
Univ. of Michigan Medical School and Research Scientist at the Center
for Human
Growth and Development. He authored (with artist William L. Brudon) Orthodontics
and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
The speaker is the recipient of the 2008 Albert H. Ketcham Memorial Award,
for
many the highest award in orthodontics worldwide. He received the Milo
Hellman
Research Award given by the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)
in 1973
and was the E. Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecturer of the European Orthodontic
Society
in 1979. Prof. Dr. McNamara also received the Research Recognition Award
of the
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 1983 and the
Jacob A.
Salzmann Award (1994 AAO-Meeting). He is the 1997 recipient of the BF
Dewel
Biomedical Research Award of the AAO Foundation and the recipient of
the James
E. Brophy Distinguished Service Award (2001), the highest award given
by the AAO
and was the recipient of the 7th Biennial Outstanding Research Award
given by the
EH Angle Education and Research Foundation in 2003.
Prof. Dr. McNamara practices in Ann Arbor with his daughter and two other
partners
in a beautiful 1889 Victorian. He is a Diplomate of the American Board
of
Orthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He also
is Past-
President of the Midwestern Component of the Edward H. Angle Society
of
Orthodontists. In addition, Prof. Dr. McNamara served as the Chairman
of the
Council on Scientific Affairs of the AAO from 1993-1996 and is Editor-in-Chief
of the
46 volume Craniofacial Growth Monograph Series published through the
University
of Michigan.
Prof. Dr. McNamara has published over 240 scientific articles in refereed
journals,
has written, edited or contributed to 67 books and presented courses
and lectures
in 35 countries.
E-Mail:
mcnamara@umich.edu
www.mcnamaraortho.com
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