The Mission of Mid-America Orthopedic/Orthodontic Institute is: To Train Dentists to Create Beautiful Faces and Smiles at a World Class Level using Orthopedic/Orthodontic Techniques and to work with our Allied Professionals to Successfully Address and Treat all Related Issues: TMJ, Esthetics, Sleep, Airway, Surgical Treatment and Cosmetic Finishing.
Creating The Science, Biology and Art of Dentistry PLUS allied science working together for optimum results
Beautiful: Balanced Faces and Smiles and Healthy Joints through the use of Facial Growth and Development and the Golden Proportion
Mouth: The cornerstone of the face
Dentition: Will be positioned properly in the face so that the upper first molars, cuspids and centrals are in the correct position to the eyes and the lower teeth are positioned for maximum function.
Function: Optimum function of the airway and TMJ
Seeing: Applying Facial Balance, being able to diagnosis from ten feet away; seeing your patient - not assuming.  Knowing the landscape of the face and being able to diagnose that landscape.
Diagnosis: The face is treated in four dimensions: the first two dimensions are the Planes of occlusion. The third dimension is the vertical position of the teeth in the face and function of teeth. The Fourth dimension is the change that occurs over time, Growth and Development.
Profit: Enhanced monetary benefits that come from advancing your skills and enhancing the areas of treatment in your office.  Increased profit that comes from benefiting the lives of your patients.
Excellence: The standard of care demands excellence in every facet of work from diagnosis,
treatment, advertising, finishing and follow-up.
Technology: The newest and most relevant forms of diagnostic and treatment equipment and tools.

In life we are first perceived by our face. Doctor, you have a Huge Opportunity, Challenge and Responsibility because You can make a life altering difference in the faces, smiles, health and life of each of your patients. We want to be part of your progression; of your professional growth and the enhancement of your profitability.  Thousands of general dentists, orthodontists, pediatric dentists and cosmetic dentists have benefited from our courses and their reward has been immediate and lasting.

All of MAOOI’s programs are based on the philosophy of our Founder, Dr. John Witzig, who believed that each dentist should understand balanced faces and be able to assist his/her patients in achieving healthy joints and beautiful, lasting smiles. Our programs are the New Gold Standard in the Industry!

Creating Beautiful Faces

The Face is the Focal point of treatment with the teeth in the supporting role in all of Mid-America Orthopedic/Orthodontic Institute’s courses, programs and conferences. You will learn to use your eyes to diagnose – to SEE what is right and wrong with your patient. “SEEING” is the key – and you will learn and experience how to validate this through consistent, comprehensive records and diagnostic tools.

MAOOI’s FUSION of Advanced Knowledge, Tools, New Clinical Skills, Innovative Technology, Biology, Art and Science will enable You and Your staff to:

  • Learn the What, Why, How and When of diagnosis to ensure Consistent predictability
  • Be Enabled to Apply the biology of growth and science in your practice as well as the Art of Creating.
  • Implement Facial Balance into your daily work
  • Know when to Refer and when to Treat
  • Have the CONFIDENCE to know your diagnosis and treatment is of the highest quality
  • Implement New Knowledge, skills, technology, and tools with Confidence into your practice
  • Successfully Integrate the knowledge, science, biology and art on TMJ, Sleep Disturbance, Airway, Cosmetic Dentistry, and Orthopedic/Orthodontic Treatment into your practice
  • Understand and be able to take Comprehensive Records that will assist in the diagnostic and treatment planning for each patient.
  • Assimilate the knowledge and skills in order for them to become intuitive in your chair side clinical work

All of our workshops, lectures, conferences, in-house training and seminars are interactive. Using lectures, hands-on work, presentation of cases, tests, group work, and videos to present these new, practical and clinically relevant courses.  MAOOI courses/workshops deliver scientific and literature based information that is clinically successful, profitable and practical. 

We welcome you to the MAOOI home page and ask you to look at our courses, our faculty, visiting faculty, our standards, goals and commitment to you the dental community,   Our wish is to work with you for your advancement and we would like to have you as a member of the MAOOI family.