AAO Resident Case Displays

Held annually during the AAO Annual Meeting, the Case Display allows orthodontic residents the opportunity to display patient cases at the national level. 

The experience and process of reviewing patient cases is recommended by the ABO as a critical thinking exercise to strengthen skills in preparation for the new Scenario-based Clinical Examination format, as part of the board-certification process.

In addition, an objective analysis of case management forms, DI, CREval, superimpositions and cephalometric tracings on your cases will allow the opportunity to become comfortable with the testing format, as well as offer an opportunity for self-evaluation and reflection on case outcomes.

The cases are judged for submission to the AJO-DO and must be written up to ABO standards. 

Cases are judges by members of CDABO with oversight provided by ABO and are judged on:

• Uniqueness
• Treatment Quality
• Records Quality
• Manuscript

2024 AAO Resident Case Display Information and Registration


2023 Case Display Winners

1st Place - UCLA

1st Place 20232023 1st Place Winners - UCLA

2nd Place - University of Minnesota

2023 2nd Place2023 2nd Place Winners University of Minnesota

3rd Place - Medical College of South Carolina

2023 3rd Place2023 3rd Place Winners Medical College of South Carolina

Honorable Mention Cases

Marquette University • The University of Iowa  •  Tri-Service Orthodontic Residency •  University of Buffalo •  University of California, San Francisco University of the Pacific • University of Rochester • Virginia Commonwealth University •  West Virginia University