Education University of Buffalo Specialism Orthodontics | ||
Known for Founder of The Millennium Society & Great Lakes Orthodontics. Developed the first Virtual Treatment Objective along with Dr. Thomas Ricketts | ||
Carl Frank Gugino was an American Orthodontist who is known to develop the first computerized cephalometric and visual treatment objective (VTO) program with Dr. Robert M. Ricketts and Dr. Bench. He is mostly known, along with Dr. Beads, to have founded Great Lakes Orthodontics which is an orthodontic laboratory and product company.
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Life
He graduated in 1953 from University of Buffalo. He then served as Commander in the United States Navy. After joining Navy, Dr. Gugino worked as a dentist for several years before he specialized in orthodontics from the same university in 1961. He develop the first computerized cephalometric and visual treatment objective (VTO) program with Dr. Thomas Ricketts and Dr. Bench. He authored a textbook called "Next generation BioprogressiveTM Philosophy, ZeroBase OrthodonticsTM". He worked with Dr. Suyehiro and founded the Millennium Society. This society focused on the practice management aspect of orthodontics.