Requirements for Clinical Guest and Clinical Affiliate
1. General Information
As a Guest of the Angle Society, you will have clinical or academic requirements that must meet the standards of the Angle Society. Please do not be deterred by these challenges. Our group is a unique blend of clinicians and academicians who will be helpful to you in all aspects of your admissions process.
There are two tracks whereby Guest and Affiliate Members may initiate the process to regular membership:
1-Clinical track.
2-Academic track.
The classification chosen usually reflects the individual’s primary occupation (i.e., full-time academician or full-time clinician practitioner).
An affiliate must choose the same track they pursued the guest year, or they may request to return as a guest in the alternate track prior to starting their Affiliate years.
2. Responsibility of the sponsors.
Initiate the approval of the guests with the Executive Committee 6 months before the annual society meeting.
The Clinical Affiliate MUST submit the selected cases to their sponsor(s) and obtain confirmation that they may be submitted to the clinical Exam Committee.
3. Clinical Guest Requirements
As a guest on the clinical track, you must present to the Examining Committee and the membership a completed, moderately difficult case.
Your selected case will be evaluated by the Examining Committee and presented to the membership as a criterion for your advancement to affiliate status in accordance with the meeting format.
This process involves not only an evaluation of your clinical expertise, but also an opportunity to begin dialogue between you and the Society. You will find the exchange of treatment ideas between you and other members of the Society a valuable learning experience. As you progress through the Affiliate membership process, we encourage you to make use of this opportunity to interact with the members of the Examining Committee and the Active Members of the Society as they review your cases on display.
Case selection should be from the criteria listed under “Affiliates – Clinical Track”. Please note, no surgical cases or two-phase treatments allowed. If the patient was treated with two phases, ONLY the comprehensive phase can be presented.
This presentation must be according to the case requirements and format as described below. Case resume write-up should be done with the Power Point Standardized Case Template. (put link here)
Case resume write-up should be done with the Power Point Standardized Case Resume.
Guest Cases must be finished within 3 years prior to the Guest’s attendance. Final records must be taken within 3 months of appliance removal.
Cases treated during residency are not permitted.
A case that had previous comprehensive orthodontic treatment (retreatment) are not permitted.
Progress records should be presented if available.
The case will be graded with the same criteria as explained in the section “Specific areas to be evaluated by examining committee” in the webpage https://angleeast.org/case-presentation-requirements/. Please pay close attention to these criteria – you may assess the case in advance and gain insight as to how the committee will view your case.
4. Clinical Affiliate Requirements
The Guest on the Clinical Track will be expected to demonstrate their clinical expertise to the Examining Committee and the Membership by presenting a moderately difficult case that has been completed within three years of the meeting date.
The treatment should be representative of your diagnostic ability and demonstrate your clinical ability showing your finest quality of care. We expect all cases to be well treated. Poorly finished cases, even though they may be difficult, are not accepted. All treatment including occlusal intercuspation should be finished completely. This requirement includes second molars. This is an opportunity to show us what you can do. The Examining Committee shall evaluate your case and a member of the Committee shall meet with you and your sponsor to present the Committee’s findings.
An electronic draft version of the written case Power Point must be sent to the examining committee chair, copied to their sponsors at least 30 days prior to the meeting
YEARLY REQUIREMENTS FOR CLINICAL AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Clinical Track
First year
1.- The new Affiliate Member must provide initial records of eight [8] cases, from which the Examining Committee and Affiliate will select six [6] cases to be completed in subsequent years. Eight cases is a mandatory requirement.
1.1- If a first-year Affiliate candidate does not bring eight [8] cases for initial presentation, an ad hoc committee will be immediately called with the Affiliate, the Examining Committee Chair (EC), the Affiliate’s primary sponsor (or secondary sponsor if the primary sponsor is unavailable), and a representative from the EC.
1.2- The affiliate will not be allowed to proceed to the Examining Committee interview if the required number of cases [eight [8]] is not presented.
1.3- The Affiliate will be instructed by the ad hoc committee that the cases presented will be reviewed, but the Affiliate will not be able to start the formal admissions process until the following year, provided the Affiliate brings the total number of cases to the required eight [8].
1.4- Any of the cases that the Affiliate presents which are rejected by the Examining Committee will have to be replaced in the subsequent year.
2, Treatment shall not have been initiated more than three months prior to the meeting date. Cases that have treatment initiated before the 3 months prior to the meeting will be rejected.
2.1- Two phase treatment and orthognathic surgical cases are acceptable. Of the eight [8] cases no more than one (1) two phase treatment case and no more than one (1) surgical case is allowed. The Examining Committee will select 6 cases that will become your “affiliate cases.”.
2.2- Two-phase treatment cases should be in their second phase of treatment to allow the affiliate to be able to show a finished result. Initial records prior to first phase should be included in the case presentation.
2.3- A case requiring interdisciplinary treatment (perio, prostho, endo, TMJ, surgical) is permitted for the guest case. If an interdisciplinary case is to be selected in the prospectively treated case during the affiliate’s years of membership, only one such case is permitted and the candidate should keep in mind that the estimated treatment time should not exceed three years.
2.4- The candidate should keep in mind that he must complete a minimum of 4 cases to the standard of Angle Society to be considered for membership.
3. Selected cases should have a reasonable expectation of being completed within a two-year period.
3.1- Cases that are judged too easy, or too difficult by the Examining Committee may be rejected by the Committee and thus require the Affiliate to substitute those cases at the following meeting.
3.2- Case that had previous comprehensive orthodontic treatment (retreatment) are not permitted.
4. Cases shall be selected as follows:
4.1- Three (3) Class II cases, two of which will have at least a 6mm overjet and at least 5 mm class II molar relationship on one side. One of the three class II cases can be a division 2, with at least 5 mm of molar class II relationship.
4.2- One four unit extraction case (adult or growing patient)
4.3- Two (2) adult treatment cases, or one adult case and one Class III treatment case.
4.4- Two additional cases from any of the above categories.
If a 2 phase treatment case is included in the 8 prospective cases, the candidate must include full initial records of phase 1and full initial records (ceph, pan, photo, models) of phase 2 comprehensive treatment. Please note, if the patient was treated with two phases, ONLY the comprehensive phase can be presented.
Case that had previous comprehensive orthodontic treatment (retreatment) are not permitted.
Affiliates must provide a list summarizing their 8 cases detailing case category, the date of diagnostic records, date of treatment start, date of progress records, and date of final records along with the case resume.
Full records include: intraoral and extraoral photos, cephalometric radiograph, panoramic radiograph and models.
5. The records and presentations shall be in the format of the standardized Power Point case resume and placed in a binder provided by this Society.
Second year
1. The Affiliate will attend the meeting with complete progress records on all six [6] cases selected at the first year. Progress records shall not be taken more than two months prior to the meeting.
The synopsis of case report shall be updated with the date of the progress records.
2. Clinical affiliates must provide an oral presentation of one on their accepted progress treatment cases to present in a 10-minute oral presentation during the scientific session, during their second year affiliates.
Third year
- The Affiliate will attend the meeting with complete progress records on all cases showing finished results or treatment progress. The synopsis of case report shall be updated with the date of the progress or finish records.
- The Affiliate shall also be prepared to present his/her original paper to the membership as described in the webpage Scientific Paper for Clinical and Affiliate
Fourth year
- The Affiliate will attend the annual meeting with complete progress records of finished results or of treatment in progress. The synopsis of case report shall be updated with the date of the progress or finish records.
Of the six [6] original cases selected by the Examining Committee, the Affiliate is expected to have completed a minimum of four [4] to standards acceptable to the Angle Society.
