Carl Frank Gugino is 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 Peter R. Breads, to have founded Great Lakes Dental Technologies, formally known as Great Lakes Orthodontics, which is an orthodontic laboratory and product company. He graduated in 1953 from University at 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 developed the first computerized cephalometric and visual treatment objective (VTO) program with Dr. Thomas Ricketts and Dr. Bench. He authored a textbook called "Next generation Bioprogressive TM Philosophy, Zero Base Orthodontics TM". He worked with Dr. Suyehiro and founded the Millennium Society. This society focused on the practice management aspect of orthodontics.
Awards and recognitions
• French R.M. Ricketts Society – President
• Bioprogressive Study Club, Japan – President
• The Millennium Society – Founder
• Great Lakes Orthodontics, 1965 – Founder