News SPO 2010 The 17 th SPO Congress was held at the Anhembi Conventions Palace, in São Paulo, under the theme “Contemporary Orthodontics: Technology and Welfare”, with the presence of nationally and internationally leading names of Orthodontics. Laurindo Furquim, Vanda Domingos, Nerio Pantaleoni, Vera T. C. Terra and Ertty Silva. Alberto Consolaro and Jorge Faber. Alisson Hernandes, Amanda Oliveira, Renata Romero, Maria Cláudia, Márcio Almeida and Manuela Morisco. Bjorn Ludwig and Hugo de Clerck. Weber Ursi, José Valladares and David Normando. Laurindo Furquim and Carlos Cabrera. Laura, Carlos and Marise Cabrera with Hugo José Trevisi. Fabrizio Panti, Alessandro Rampello, Vanda, Leopoldino Capelozza and Enrico Massarotti. Renato Almeida and David Normando. Book release: “O ‘Ser’ Professor” To celebrate the releasing of the 5th edition of the book “O ‘Ser’ Professor – Arte e Ciência no Ensinar e Aprender,” the professor Alberto Consolaro, with support from the Publisher Dental Press, received friends, students and teachers for an evening of autographs in Bauru-SP (Brazil). Dental Press J Orthod Professor Alberto Consolaro, professor Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda and José Jobson de Andrade Arruda. 12 2010 Nov-Dec;15(6):12-3 Portugal – OMD 2010 Santa Maria da Feira received, on 11, 12 and 13 November, the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Annual Congress of the Order of Dentists (OMD, Portugal). The event offered multiple opportunities for interdisciplinary learning, and also had a group of world renowned speakers. One of the highlights, with the introduction of innovations, was the trade fair Expo-Dental. The Presidente of the OMD 2010, Pedro Pires, and Eunice Carrilho. Robert R. Edwab and Sherry Edwab. Marco Rosa and Teresa Furquim. AOA Honorable Mention Curitiba received the 14th Scientific Meeting of the Association of Former Students of Orthodontics of Araraquara (AOA). The event, organized by Roberto Shimizu and Adriano Marotta Araujo, with support from Ilapeo met lecturers, teachers, alumni and colleagues from the region. Silvia Hitos received honors at the 39th Congress of the International Association of Orofacial Myology, with the work Mastication diagnosis: comparison of three methods of Analysis oral breathing in children and adolescents. Adriano Marotta, Ulisses Coelho, Ana C. Melo, Hideo Shimizu, Adilson Ramos and Helio Terada. Silvia Hitos. Defenses David Norman defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Dentofacial morphology and occlusal characteristics of Arara Indians: revisiting the role of heredity and diet in the etiology of malocclusion,” under the guidance of Professor Dr. Cátia Quintão. Henry Victor Alves Marques defended his masters degree dissertation in Unopar in Londrina - PR. Dr. Marcio Rodrigues de Almeida, Henry Victor Alves Marques, Dr. Renato Rodrigues de Almeida and Dr. Adilson Luiz Ramos. Jorge Faber, João Guerreiro, Cátia Quintão, David Normando and Marco Antonio Almeida. Dental Press J Orthod 13 2010 Nov-Dec;15(6):12-3