September 2015 Patient Newsletter

THINGS OF
Significance Orthodontics Newsletter
SIGNIFICANCE
From the Desk of Dr. Victoria
Happy summer!
Summer is always my favorite season in Las Vegas. I love the heat! It
sounds crazy! My kids and I love longer daylight hours, so we can spend
more time in the pool and on the golf course. Our patients enjoy lots of fun
August/September 2015
In This Issue
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From the Desk of Dr. Victoria

Braces Friendly Recipe

Patient of the Month

iPad Mini Contest
activities and travel around the states or even the world during the long
summer vacation. I can't wait for you all to come back and share with
me all the wonderful stories you had during your vacation!
Got my braces off a few months ago! Throughout my
whole braces experience the staff and friendliness was
I would like to remind you all to still protect your orthodontic appliances while you enjoy your summer vacation. Some patients tend to be too
relaxed on what and how to eat the food, since you are in the "vacation
mood" and forgot all the golden rules about protecting your orthodontic
appliances. RULE OF THUMB: CUT ALL FOOD INTO SMALL SLICES and
Avoid Sticky, Chewy, Crunchy and Hard Foods. Some patients also lose
their retainers during vacation time. If you are on vacation for less than a
week, I would rather you not bring your retainers if you know you misplace
them all the time. Please still wear your retainers faithfully when you come
back. However, if you will be gone more than one week, please bring your
retainers and take excellent care of them.
I am very thankful to have amazing patients like you with my practice.
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to provide exceptional orthodontic
care for you and your family. Our goal is to give all of our patients
a Fabulous Superstar Smile! You guys are Superstars! We appreciate you
and all your referrals to our practices. Don't miss out on our Patient Appreciation Move Day at Red Rock Regal Cinema at 9:00 am, August 15th.
Please be sure to join us and bring some of your BFFs with you. There will
be lots fun pictures taken and great raffle prizes to give away. We love
great patients like you! Please tell all your friends and family about us if
they ever need braces or Invisalign to have a Fabulous Superstar Smile. You
will be rewarded by entering a raffle to win an iPad Mini!
Enjoy your summer!
awesome! Whenever something broke or needed to be
fixed they helped me right away and got me an
ap-
pointment no questions asked! Best experience ever! if I
could put my braces back on with them I would do it all
over again!
We Want YOUR
Yummy Recipes!
We want YOU to be the coauthor of a yummy bracesfriendly cookbook that can
benefit people with braces
across the USA!
Send us all of your delicious
braces-friendly recipes for:
Appetizers · Soups/Salads ·
Entrees · Desserts · Smoothies/Milkshakes!
Be sure to include the following with your recipe:
Soft & Chewy Red Velvet Cookies (www.thedomesticrebel.com)
Name of the Dish · Ingredients · Cooking Instructions ·
Yield · Prep Time · Photo of
Completed Dish
Soft & Chewy Red Velvet
Cookies
We will select 1 Lucky
Recipe at random to
win a $100 Gift Card to
Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck’s Restaurants!!
Ingredients
3/4 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup White Sugar
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
1 1/4 cup Red Velvet Cake Mix (dry)
1 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips, divided
Instructions
1.
In a bowl or stand mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white
sugar until creamy and smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla to combine. Lastly, add the cake mix, flour, and baking soda until a soft dough has formed. Stir
in one cup of white chocolate chips.
2.
Chill the dough for a minimum of 2 hours, overnight if possible. This prevents
the dough from spreading and becoming too flat during baking.
3.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil or spray lightly with
cooking spray. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the sheet, keeping
them approximately 2” apart. Bake for 9-11 minutes, rotating the pan halfway
through to ensure even cooking. Cookies may appear slightly underdone, but
do not overcook. Cookies will continue to set as they cool.
4.
If you’d like, place some extra white chocolate chips on top of the cookies for
added sweetness or for looks. Allow the pan to cool before serving.
Prep Time: 2 hrs.
Cook Time: 11 min.
Yield: 24
recipe sourced from www.thedomesticrebel.com
Bring your recipe to your
next appointment or email it
to:
significancekatie@hotmail.com
The Road to VIP
Remember, if you refer 3 of
your friends to our office, you
become part of our exclusive
VIP club, and get to enjoy all
of the great benefits!
Here’s all of our wonderful
patients that are almost
there!
2 Friends Referred:
Consuelo Huizar
Elizabeth Cordova
Reyna Portillo
Xinyue Chang
1 Friend Referred:
Adilene Flores
Alondra Corona
Mobin Hu
Alyssa Victoria
Andrew Martinez
Nicholas
Spaccavento
Angelica Mateo
Nichole Vong
Angelique Van Vliet
Nicolette Yabut
Angie Engdawork
Noel Pacheco
Daniela Calliano
Octavia McCoy
Annie Chen
Rochelle Ubaldo
Anthony Domingo
Rocio Rodriguez
Bi Lin
Shavaun Valencia
Brandon Reyes
Sherry Bi
Braxton Clark
Tessamarie Torrijos
Brittany Buelvas
Tina Davidson
Chris Nakagawa
Tinsaye Fedesa
Claudia Antonio
Tranell Burns
Dando Fitamo
Tyroniesha King
Dinora Martinez
Victoria Routt
Eleonora Mauro
Wilborne Liberato
Eric Chio
Wilson Chen
Eric Wu
Xinyi Gan
Erik Carranza
Yahwe Del Rosario
Fabian Chavez
Yali Zhang
Gianna Ingles
Yi Wu
Giovanni Santana
Ying Ma
Hyimanot
Heberework
Ying Zhao
Jade Lee
Yu Dian Zhang
Jeanette Valencia
Yue Mei Zhu
Yingluo Luo
Gianna Ingles, Significance Orthodontics August/September Patient of the Month
Patient of the Month: Gianna Ingles
Gianna recently completed the 3rd grade at Lummis Elementary with
straight A’s on her final report card for the 2014—2015 school year!
Gianna earned her perfect report card by excelling in all subjects.
She is currently reading 183 words per minute, far above the expected 127 words per minute expected at her age. This puts her on
par with a student in the 6th grade!
Jerry Castrejon
Jessy CarballoFunes
Gianna also loves to work on math problems, as well as write creative
Jia Choong
stories.
Jordan Mohun
Jose Rodriguez Jr.
Kathy Mohammadi
Katie Peterson
Kenneth Shields
Keturah McCoy
Liliana Briceno
Gianna’s parents are very proud of her accomplishments. Gianna is
studying very hard during her summer vacation to prepare for the 4th
grade!
Li Liu
Did we get something wrong? Let us know
significancekatie@hotmail.com
We want to feature you as our next patient of the month! Please email Katie with all of
your great accomplishments so we can brag about you! significancekatie@hotmail.com
Refer a Friend, Win an iPad Mini!
Contact Us
Contact
Us
EAST
(Endo &Office
Perio)
Southwest
2430 E. Harmon #6
Las
Vegas,
NVApache
89148
6018
S. Fort
(702)
733-0558
Rd.
For every friend you refer from now until August 31, you will be entered
into a raffle to win an iPad Mini!
Tell all of your friends about all the awesome things you love about Dr.
Victoria! Each person earns you 1 entry, so let the whole world know!
Ste. 100
SOUTHWEST (Endo,
Las
Vegas, NV 89148
Perio, & Ortho)
(702)
6018 S547-9977
Fort Apache
Friends must mention you by name in order to earn credit for the referral!
Please feel free to call us with any questions you may have.
#100
Las Vegas, NV 89148
(702) 547-9977
Craig Office
SUMMERLIN (Endo &
2777
Perio)W. Craig Rd.
7151 101
Cascade Valley Ct.
Ste.
#107
N. Las Vegas, NV
Las
Vegas, NV 89128
89032
(702)
(702)233-9988
647-8114
NORTH LV (Ortho Only)
2777 W Craig Rd. #101
What’s the Big Deal About Baby Teeth?
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Cavities are a sign of a bacterial infection. That’s right, cavities are primarily
caused by bacteria (as well as sugar and time- but we will save that discussion
for another day). That means that if cavities are left in the mouth, essentially
what is persisting is a festering infection of the teeth and mouth. Gross, right?
The Spread of infection can be harmful or dangerous. Have you ever
thought of cavities as dangerous? The truth is, long standing cavities in the
mouth can lead to a more serious infection. When this infection is not addressed
it can at times lead to a swelling of the jaw or face. When this happens, the
airway can become compromised and affect a patient’s breathing. This is a
serious and potentially life threatening situation. Less severe is the possibility
that long-standing cavities can lead to cavities in other teeth in the mouth.
Damage to permanent teeth. Just underneath your child’s baby teeth are
immature and developing permanent teeth. These teeth are quite sensitive to
infection and trauma, which can be propagated through cavities or trauma to the
baby teeth. This can lead to defects of the structure of the permanent teeth,
making them more prone to cavities or esthetically abnormal.
This is not a comprehensive list of the reasons to actively treat problems in your
child’s teeth but surely gives a few good reasons to visit your pediatric dentist soon!
Significance Dental Specialists
6018 S. Fort Apache Rd. Ste 100
Las Vegas, NV 89148
One thing pediatric dentists hear a lot (maybe a bit too often) is “Why do we need to
treat my child’s cavities right now? Aren’t those teeth just going to fall out?”. While it
is true that baby teeth (called primary teeth by the dental community) will eventually
fall out, there are very real consequences to cavities in these teeth that should be
addressed. If you are curious as to why baby teeth are considered so important, read
on for a basic list.