It's Teacher Appreciation Week in the US! In honor of the celebration, here are some fun facts about our amazing instructors at POS...
1. POS has 44 active instructors from 15 countries
2. Although most are general dentists who are talented in orthodontics, some have also worked as specialists (pediatric, OMFS, periodontist, prosthodontist, orthodontist)
3. They are a worldly group. In total they speak 20 languages (English, Spanish, German, Swiss-German, Italian, Dutch, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Thai, French, Kurdish, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Russian, Hungarian, Afrikaans)
4. In total they have treated over 45,000 orthodontic patients!
5. The most tenured instructor has been teaching orthodontics for 30 years.
6. Our instructors are dedicated. The most any instructor was on the road teaching was 250 days in a year. Dr. McGann saw a lot of seminar rooms and airports in his teaching career.
7. Last year, instructors provided 235,000 minutes of consulting and mentoring to dentists outside of class.
8. Some have overcome some surprise travel obstacles to get to their classes like....flight cancellations, plane crashes, and being hospitalized from a near lethal bite from a spider that escaped on a plane.
9. Becoming a POS instructor is rigorous. Many instructors say, that it is the most difficult year of their lives. Usually only 1-2 pass to become POS instructors each year out of dozens of applicants.
We are so thankful for all the POS instructors and the time they invest in sharing their passion for orthodontics. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, doctors! 
