AAO Winter Conference 2027
This year's theme, Next-Gen Clinical Excellence: Evidence-Based, Data-Driven, AI-Enabled, brings orthodontists and residents together to look at where the specialty is headed, from time tested principles to the data driven and AI enabled tools reshaping clinical decision making, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
Time & Location
January 22, 2027, 8:00 AM CST – January 24, 2027, 5:00 PM CST
San Antonio, TX · View on Google Maps
About the event
This year's theme, Next-Gen Clinical Excellence: Evidence-Based, Data-Driven, AI-Enabled, brings orthodontists and residents together to look at where the specialty is headed, from time tested principles to the data driven and AI enabled tools reshaping clinical decision making, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
Attendees earn 15.75 live CE credits, with both in-person and virtual formats following the same schedule, since every session streams live from the main stage in San Antonio. Registered attendees also get a 30-day replay of the full conference, available through February 23, 2027.
A Women's Leadership Workshop follows immediately after, January 25 to 26 at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge, for anyone staying on.
15.75 live CE credits, in-person or virtual
About CascadEffects
CascadEffects is an orthodontic consulting firm that partners with growth-minded practices through a six-month embedded engagement model. Founded by Casey Bull, a former COO and Global Director with over a decade of orthodontic leadership experience and an MBA from Pepperdine University, CascadEffects is powered by a leadership team that has operated at every level of practice management.
Director of Operations Heather Broughton brings years of hands-on orthodontic operations experience, having managed multi-location practices from the inside, overseeing teams, systems, and day-to-day execution before stepping into a consulting role.
Together, Casey and Heather work shoulder to shoulder with practice teams to install leadership infrastructure, accountability systems, and team culture frameworks that drive measurable production growth, with clients achieving 20–150% growth.
CascadEffects also publishes The Cascade Report, an industry publication for orthodontic professionals.
Learn more at cascadeffects.com