2025 Spring Meeting

Friday | April 4, 2025

8:00 am - 9:30 am

• GP Orthodontics
• Dr. Clark Hunstad
  • Dr. Clark Hunstad received a BS from the US Air Force Academy and flew F-16s in the US Air Force and the South Dakota Air National Guard. He has a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a B-757/767 pilot with a major airline. Dr. Hunstad is also a general dentist, receiving a DDS from the U of Minnesota, and attended his first AOS course with Dr. David Jackson and Dr. Brad Williams. He is passionate about innovating and implementing technology in high-quality care. Dr. Hunstad is an AOS Diplomate and is on the AOS Board of Diplomates.

9:45 am - 12:15 pm

• Shaping Tomorrow: The Science of Pediatric Growth and Development
• Dr. Brian Kraft
  • Dr. Brian Kraft is a graduate of the University of Colorado and has been practicing General Dentistry for almost twenty years. Dr. Kraft lives and practices in Utah with his wife, Buffy. They have six children and two grandchildren. Just over nine years ago, Dr. Kraft began treating children who struggled with sleep and airway issues. His own children were his first patients. As he treated his children and saw the changes in their health and lives, treating his patients who struggled with these issues became his passion. Dr. Kraft is a Clinical Advisor for Vivos Therapeutics and a Clinical Instructor at The Vivos Institute. Dr. Kraft loves helping doctors learn how to treat children with growth and development issues and mentoring them to successfully integrate Sleep and Airway into their practices. In his free time, Dr. Kraft loves coaching lacrosse, hunting, fishing, boating and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren!

1:15 pm - 5:00 pm 

• Adding Sleep Therapy to Your Dental Practice
• Dr. Azita Anissi
  • Dr. Anissi graduated with her BS in Biochemical Pharmacology and her DDS from Suny at Buffalo in 1990. She opened her own general practice in 1992, which is still growing after 30 wonderful years. While practicing dentistry in Pittsford, she continued to expand her practice by becoming a Diplomate of the American Orthodontic Society in 2008. She was a member of the AOS Board of Directors for over 4 years and served as president on the AOS Board of Examiners in 2020. Dr. Anissi continued to add to her achievements in 2017 receiving her Diplomate of American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, adding another important area of medicine to her practice.

Saturday | April 5, 2025

8:00 am - 12:00 pm 

• The Jefferson Analysis and Golden Proportions (Hands-On)
• Dr. Yosh Jefferson
  • Dr. Yosh Jefferson is a graduate of UMDNJ and has practiced orthodontics for over 30 years. He is past president of the International Association of Orthodontics, past president of NJ Academy of General Dentistry, and past editor of the International Journal of Orthodontics. He has been awarded Fellowships in American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists, and Master in Academy of General Dentistry. He is a past spokesperson for AGD, a past consultant to the NJ State Board of Dentistry, and a past member of the General Dentistry journal advisory board. Dr. Jefferson, a general dentist, is an IAO Board Diplomate and Master Senior instructor. He has been published and has lectured nationally and internationally. Internationally, he has lectured in India, Poland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Mexico, Japan, Dubai, Ethiopia, and Brazil. Many renowned orthodontic lecturers have touted Dr. Jefferson is an expert on facial beauty and health. He has written a book: Jefferson Cephalometric Analysis©. He is currently a clinical instructor at the University of Pennsylvania School of
    Dental Medicine.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

• Case Finishing Pearls
• Dr. Bradford Williams
  • Dr. Williams, a rural Oklahoma general practice dentist, took his first orthodontic course from the AOS in 1983. Over the last 30 years, he has gained experience in three major techniques (Begg, Tip-Edge, and Straight Wire), in which he has completed well over 1,000 cases. Dr. Williams is a Diplomate of the AOS, a former Board Member, and Senior Instructor for the Basic and Intermediate courses in Non-Extraction Straight Wire Orthodontics.