Jacob A. Salzmann Past Lecturers and Lecture Titles
The family of Dr. Jacob A. Salzmann and his wife, Leah Wishoff Salzmann, established the Jacob A. Salzmann Lecture. This lecture has been part of the AAO Annual Session program since 1986. The lecture is administered by the AAO Foundation.
Created: September 2005
Updated: January 24, 2025
| YEAR | AWARD RECIPIENT(S) | TITLE OF LECTURE |
| 2025 | Sylvia Frazier-Bowers | Orthodontic practice: heritage of the past, steppingstones for the future |
| 2024 | Brent Larson | The future of 3D imaging: MRI and VR |
| 2023 | Steven Dugoni | Early orthodontic treatment: why, when, and how? |
| 2022 | Jay Bowman | Weird tales about teeth or orthodontics in daily practice |
| 2021 | Lorenzo Franchi | Efficient and effective growth modification: a 30-year perspective |
| 2020 | Kevin O’Brien | Orthodontic uncertainty: research versus snake oil salesman |
| 2019 | Hugo De Clerck | Miniplate skeletal anchorage: an update and new prespectives |
| 2018 | Award Not Given | |
| 2017 | Eladio DeLeon Peter Greco | A call for professionalism |
| 2016 | Lawrence F. Andrews | The six elements of orthodontic philosophy |
| 2015 | Karin Vargervik | Craniofacial team care: the orthodontist’s roles |
| 2014 | R.G. Wick Alexander | Long-term stability … can it stand the test of time? |
| 2013 | Sunil Kapila | Biomedicine and technology: driven paradigm shifts in orthodontics |
| 2012 | Sheldon Baumrind | In the spirit of Jacob Salzmann – the AAOF Legacy Growth Collection |
| 2011 | Tiziano Baccetti | Dentofacial orthopedics in five dimensions |
| 2010 | Stephanos Kyrkanides | Functional matrix theory in every day orthodontics |
| 2009 | Anthony A. Gianelly | Evidence-based orthodontics: friend or foe |
| 2008 | Eugene Roberts | Quality assessment of clinical outcomes |
| 2007 | Peter Ngan | Growth: is it a friend or foe to orthodontic treatment |
| 2006 | David L. Turpin | The search for evidence |
| 2005 | Katherine W.L. Vig | Orthodontics in an era of evidence-based medicine |
| 2004 | James Vaden | Future directions – reflections on our past |
| 2003 | P. Lionel Sadowsky | Treatment with conviction |
| 2002 | Robert M. Little | Stability and relapse: University of Washington studies |
| 2001 | David M. Sarver | Appearance driven diagnosis and treatment planning |
| 2000 | Robert l. Vanarsdall Jr. | The paradigm for the new millennium: orthodontics and periodontics |
| 1999 | Donald R. Joondeph | Planning treatment to optimize facial esthetics parts 1 and 2 |
| 1998 | Lysle E. Johnston Jr. | Early and often: a critical examination of two-phase growth modification treatments |
1997 | Lennart Weislander | Long-term skeletal effects of early orthodontic treatment in severe Class II malocclusions |
| 1996 | Vincent G. Kokich | Orthodontics and the single-tooth implant: the art, the science, the future |
1995 | Per Rygh | Root resorption in modern orthodontics |
| 1994 | James A. McNamara | The role of the transverse dimension in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning |
| 1993 | Sten Linder-Aronson Donald G. Woodside | The effect of environmental factors on craniofacial growth |
| 1992 | Rolf Behrents | Why I failed |
| 1991 | William R. Proffit | Evaluating the effectiveness of alternative treatment methods |
| 1990 | Jean-Pierre Joho | Indication, procedures and long-term evaluation of autotransplantations in mutilated dentitions |
| 1989 | Robert E. Moyers | Quality assurance in orthodontics |
| 1988 | TM Graber | Magnetic forces update |
| 1987 | Arthur A. Dugoni | The future of our profession – will we have one? |
| 1986 | Bjorn U. Zachrisson | The clinical implications of 15 years of applied research |