Membership dues should be paid by November 15, 2021 to maintain access to AAO/PCSO member benefits. Pay now online or by calling the AAO Member Service Center at 314-993-1700.
Installment payments: You may pay your dues in installment payments through April 2022. To make arrangements for dues installments, you must contact the AAO Member Service Center at 314-993-1700. Installments cannot be selected during online renewal.
Ten Reasons To Renew Your AAO/PCSO Membership
1. Strength in Numbers
The AAO is the world’s largest dental specialty association comprised of more than 19,000 of your colleagues spanning more than 110 countries. By being an AAO & PCSO member, you can play a part in presenting a unified voice that advocates for the profession and preserves the orthodontic specialty.
2. Promoting You and What You Do
The Consumer Awareness Program is the only mass marketing campaign for consumers designed to introduce the benefits of orthodontic treatment, particularly the value of receiving care from qualified professionals, namely orthodontists. Learn more at www.aaoinfo.org/cap
3. Advocating for You and Your Patients
The AAO advocates for the orthodontic specialty to lawmakers throughout North America on issues that are important to you and your patients, such as healthcare, student loan refinancing, small business policy and tax reform. Additionally, AAO legal staff and regional leadership are actively engaged in state-level advocacy on important issues like dental specialty advertising and direct-to-consumer products.
4. Western Orthodontic Conference & AAO Annual Session
Each year, the PCSO works in collaboration with the RMSO to put on the Western Orthodontic Conference, a regional, in-person meeting of your orthodontic colleagues from the PCSO & RMSO for learning, networking, and fund! The AAO also produces a nationwide gathering of thousands of members and orthodontic staff, hundreds of speakers, and countless vendors and industry experts.
5. Clinical Publications
The AAO and PCSO produce quality clinical publications through the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO) and PCSO Bulletin. The Bulletin offers news, clinical discussions & pearls, practice management info, and a dedicated case report in each publication. The AJO-DO is a leading orthodontic resource with peer-reviewed research reports and clinical articles that examine all phases of orthodontic treatment. AJO-DO also provides post-tests corresponding to four articles from each publication to earn continuing education credit.
6. First-Class Continuing Education
In addition to in-person and virtual conferences, the AAO & PCSO also offer online learning opportunities through low-cost live and recorded webinars on clinical and practice management topics, as well as the complimentary Business of Orthodontics series, to help you stay at the top of your profession and maintain your continuing education (CE) requirements.
7. Practice Resources
Maintaining and growing an orthodontic practice is an ongoing challenge that affects every orthodontist in one way or another. Every AAO member has access to valuable patient education and marketing materials and can count on a comprehensive array of practice forms and releases that make your job easier.
8. Orthodontic Career Services
Whether you’re in residency or nearing retirement, we support your career and practice transition needs. Led by our online job board, the PCSO Career Center, we can help you locate a position, hire an associate or sell your practice. Take advantage of the AAO’s online Practice Transition Portal and orthodontic career path resources to help you make informed decisions.
9. Legal Services
At some point in every orthodontist’s career, there will come the need for legal services or counsel. While the AAO does not legally represent individual members or offer official legal advice, it does provide guidance to members on issues affecting their practices and patients. Other resources, such as answers to common legal questions, sample agreements and legal seminars, are also available.
10. The AAO & PCSO are You!
The AAO & PCSO continue to be “for orthodontists, by orthodontists”. As member-driven associations, you can rest assured that your best interests are at the heart of what we do. AAO & PCSO leaders and committee members are all fellow members dedicated to developing programs and services that will have value for you as you treat patients and manage your practice.
For a detailed listing of AAO member benefits, visit http://www.aaoinfo.org/membership.