Famous Politicians Contest Winners

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Congratulations to our contest winners; Megan Patterson, Amy Delamare, Emily Clark and Tyler Liddiard.  They each guessed all the politicians correctly.  What smart patients we have.  They each received two passes to Raging Waters!!!!  Hope you have a wonderful time playing in the water!!

Random Ortho Trivia

1. If you are right handed, you probably chew most of the time with the teeth on the right side of your mouth.

2. Around 400 B.C. in Greece, the great medical scientist Hippocrates wrote of attempts to straighten teeth.

3. Dr Edward Angle (1855-1930) is considered to be "The Father of Modern Orthodontics". He founded the world's first school for orthodontic education in St. Louis, Missouri in 1989.

4. As recently as the 1960's, it could take 8 hours to put braces on a patient.

5. Model Cindy Crawford, singer Gwen Stafani and actress Cameron Diaz have all worn braces as adults.

6. Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), a New Orleans dentist, promoted flossing teeth with silk thread in 1815.  Floss was patented in 1898 by Johnson and Johnson.

7. In 1848, Milton Waldo Hanchett of Syracuse, NY patented the dental chair.

8. In Paris, Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761)  wrote the book, The Surgeon Dentist, which included a chapter on how to straighten teeth.

9. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, French dentists encouraged people to brush their teeth.

10. The nickel-titanium wires used by orthodontists today where developed by NASA.

Soft Crust Pizza Recipe

Ingredients

1 Tbl corn meal
3 cups biscuit mix
1 1/2 cups water
cooking spray (Pam)
2 to 3 cups purchased pizza sauce
1 to 1 1/2 cups of grated mozzarella cheese
Your choice of toppings:green peppers, sausage, cooked and crumbled bacon, pepperoni slices, mushrooms, etc.  chopped in small pieces

Preheat oven to 450*. Pre bake crust for 4 minutes, then bake complete pizza for 13 minutes.

Sprinkle corn meal all over a cookie sheet or pizza pan.  In a large bowl, with a spoon, stir together the biscuit mix and the water.  Sprinkle your hands with flour, then pat dough into pan.  Build dough up at edges to form rim to hold in sauce.  Spray crust with cooking spray.  Bake for 4 minutes.

Carefully pour sauce on top of crust, then add toppings and cheese.  Bake for 13 minutes, checking that edges are just golden to keep them soft.  Yummy!!!

Patriotic Quiz!!!

Can you name the famous politicians?

Come in to either of our offices and try your luck.  The winners will receive two passes to Raging Waters!!

Hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!!

Why my Dad is Amazing!!! Contest Winners

Thanks to all of our patients who filled out entries for our latest contest.  It was so difficult to choose the winners.  We chose four winners who all won $25 Visa gift cards, Congratulations.  One of our winners chose not to be identified, and another winner Mimi Nguyen chose not to have her entry published.  We are so happy that they participated and gave our staff the opportunity to read their entries.  Here are the other two winning entries, Enjoy!

My dad is amazing because of everything he has gone through & he's still strong & smiling.  He has cancer & he just got a bone marrow transplant.  He is such an inspiration to me.  I love him.

Whitney Sorensen

My dad is amazing because my dad fought for our freedom.  He died doing it and was a hero.  My step dad is amazing because he does everything my dad can't be here to do.

Maddie Smith

Those are truly wonderful sentiments from some special children.

Our next contest is a patriotic quiz where you have to guess the famous politician!! Good luck to all of our patients.

Yummy quiche recipe that is braces friendly!!

Quiche

Ingredients:

1 store bought pie shell

1/8 tsp pepper

2 cups shredded cheese

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup cream

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1/2 cup finely chopped green peppers

5 beaten eggs

8 oz shredded cheese

1 Tbl cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Saute the vegetables with cooking oil in a skillet

2. Place sauteed veggies in the pie shell

3. Scatter half of the cheese over the veggies

4. Pour the eggs and cream over the cheese and veggies

5. Cover with the rest of the cheese and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes

Enjoy!!!!

Thank you to our referring Dentists and their amazing staff!!!

Tuesday morning our office delivered a fresh fruit bowl to our wonderful referring Dentists and their staff.  It was so fun to visit the offices and meet the faces to go with the voices we speak with.  We enjoyed hearing the positive feedback we received from these offices both on the job we are doing and on the pleasure of our gift.  We greatly appreciate these offices for their continued faith and support of our abilities to treat their patients.  Thank you again to a fabulous group of people!!!