OrthoAccel AcceleDent optOrthoAccel Technologies Inc, Houston, the maker of AccelDent, has named 6 orthodontists as charter members of its new OrthoAccel Key Opinion Leadership Group.

The advisory group will provide OrthoAccel with direct feedback from orthodontists and advise the company on how to deliver effective treatments and outcomes for patients. The six charter members of the group were selected by OrthoAccel because they all distinguished themselves as “world-class clinicians and sought-after lecturers” in orthodontics, according to the company.

The members are:

Cliff Alexander, DDS, MSD, is a physician and part-time faculty member at Saint Louis University’s Department of Orthodontics. Alexander recently served as president of the Southwestern Society of Orthodontists.

Jay Bowman, DMD, MSD, is an adjunct associate professor at Saint Louis University and a clinical assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. He also lectures at the University of Michigan. He manages his own private practices in three locations across southern Michigan.

Anil Idiculla, DMD, is an orthodontic faculty member at The University of Colorado and chairs the Communications Committee of the Metropolitan Denver Dental Society. He manages his own practice at three locations in the greater Denver metro area.

Robert Miller, DMD, is a physician and lecturer who manages his private practice in northern Virginia. Miller is a US Air Force veteran and served for 3 years as a chief of orthodontics for Clark Air Base in the Philippines. He is a former president of the Virginia Association of Orthodontics.

Stephen Tracey, DDS, MS, is an author, an internationally recognized lecturer, and a current visiting professor of orthodontics at the University of Ferrara, in Italy. Tracey manages his private orthodontic practice in Upland, Calif.

Neil Warshawsky, DDS, MS, is an associate professor of orthodontics at the University of Illinois Craniofacial Center. Warshawsky has over 18 years of experience with cleft palate and craniofacial cases and manages a private practice in suburban Chicago.

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