Sheron Dental Blog

Halloween Buy-back 2011

info@webfor.com (Sheron Dental) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

October 2012

Well, the weather has changed, leaves are falling, and pumpkin spiced lattes are starting to sound good. Fall is here. And that also means that the annual Sheron Dental Halloween Candy Buy-back is coming as well! We’ll collect as much candy as we can and then ship it off to "Operation Gratitude" in California where they will prepare care packages for our soldiers everywhere.

Last year we collected 181 pounds of candy and got it shipped to our troops overseas for care packages. Kids were given $1 for each pound of candy they brought in. Many of them made awesome thank you cards that were also sent to our troops. Each child also got a coupon for a free Burgerville hamburger, a new toothbrush, and was entered into a drawing for a Toys-R-Us gift card. Lots of fun!!

This year we hope to get over 200 pounds of candy collected. Please spread the word! The kids don’t have to be patients of record here so it’s open to anybody 14 years or younger. We’ll be collecting the candy between 8am and 5:30pm on Tuesday, November 1^st at our office. Obviously we need unopened packages and we won't be able to accept canned goods as those are hard to include in the care packages.

Congratulations to the winner of our Facebook Friends drawing and the new owner of a top of the line electric toothbrush and a custom bleaching kit....... Rashell Massey! Keep your eyes peeled for future fun offers through our facebook page.

We always love feedback from our patients on how we can improve the way we do things around here. So please let us know if there is anything we can do to make you more comfortable and ensure a great experience. We especially love great reviews as well and if you would like to share please go to sherondental.com/ratings to be able to post something on Google reviews. Thanks in advance!

Also, just a friendly reminder that most dental insurance plan benefits go by the calendar year so if you have treatment that has to be done, get an apointment before the end of the year. Unfortuantely, those benefits are not carried over so if you don't use em, you'll lose em! November and December are really busy months at Sheron Dental because of this so reserve your time soon!

Your team at Sheron Dental

Does Bleaching Damage Your Teeth?

info@webfor.com (Sheron Dental) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

One of the biggest questions we get is “Does bleaching damage your teeth?” The short answer to that is no, it doesn’t. The process can make your teeth temperature sensitive while you are doing it but when you stop it will go back to your normal level. There is no damaging of the tooth structure or making it weaker. It is simply an oxidation reaction where electrons are exchanged.

Tooth whitening can be categorized in two types: 1) Removing external superficial stains through mechanical abrasion or 2) Removing both external and internal stains through chemical means.

External stains can be from many factors including the smoothness of a surface, salivary protein composition, diet, smoking history, and oral hygiene. Foods like tea, coffee, and red wine can contribute excessively to this.

Internal stains occur when stain exists or penetrates below the enamel surface of a tooth. Sometimes people have a natural color of the underlying dentin that is darker than normal. Sometimes systemic factors and trauma can contribute to this discoloration. Intrinsic staining can be particularly stubborn and may take months to cause change.

Over the counter “bleaching” toothpastes have minimal results and rely mostly on abrasives within the paste to try and polish away external stains

Over the counter whitening products like Whitestrips have lower concentrations of the bleaching material and are not custom fit to your mouth. With that being said, some people can have good success with those.

For us, the “gold standard” of tooth whitening is custom-made trays with take-home bleach. The trays are made to fit your mouth specifically and because of that we can give you higher concentrations of bleach than over the counter products. This system is to be used at home at your own discretion. The most effectiveness will occur in the first 30 minutes to one hour but some people will wear them overnight to get all the residual effects. Best results will occur if you can wear them every day through the night. But everybody can have different results.

“Power bleaching” in office is also an option. This is a great option if you need as much whitening as possible in as short a time as possible. So if you are looking forward to that wedding or the reunion in the next week or two, power bleaching would be a great way to go.

A third option that we have started using is called deep bleaching. This is a combination of take-home and in-office bleaching and we have had great results with this technique. This way is especially good for those teeth that have very dark staining or deep tetracycline stains from antibiotics.

If you want to go over these options in more detail just call us to set up a quick consult to go over the specifics and decide what might work best for you!

Save teeth, get cash, treat our troops!

you@yourdomain.com (Administrator) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:29:14 +0000

Dear Moms and Dads,

Halloween is coming, and normally it’s hard for your dentist to get excited about that day because of all the candy your kids will eat. However, this year will be different. Don’t you just wish that on the day after Halloween that your kids’ sacks full of candy would just disappear?Well we can help, and this is something we are very excited about! This year we’ll buy the candy back from your kids. We’re not kidding! Sure, theycan have a few treats on Halloween night and maybe even keep a couple more for later in the week. But we’ll take the rest of it and pay them for it! Sheron Dental is leading this anti-decay movement by giving away dollars in exchange for cavity-causing candy. Kids can still have all of the fun of trick-or-treating, and now their piggy banks will benefit as well. All of the treats will then be sent to our troops overseas for care packages. It's a win, win, win! Fewer cavities for the kids, plus cash payments for the exchange, and goodies for our servicemen and women. In return, we’ll give your kids $1 per pound of donated candy. Kids can still dress up, go out, have fun, and yes, even eat some candy. But after picking out the best of their stash, they will probably have about 10 pounds left, and nobody needs that much candy!

Bring your kids and your candy in on Monday, November 1! Candy will be collected and weighed at Sheron Dental the day after Halloween from 2:00 – 5:30 p.m. The candy must be unopened. Please no bites!

Our team at Sheron Dental is available to provide more information at 360-573-8181.

We will be starting to send emails every once in a while to those on our email list. If you would like to receive special offers and updates from us you can subscribe here. We will be giving out lots of good information, keeping people up to date with the latest things in the world of dentistry, letting you know our latest promotions or specials, and answering questions that are most often asked by patients.

You can now check us out on Facebook as well if you would like. We'll start posting some tidbits on there as well. Take care!

Your team at Sheron Dental