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THINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE

Each checkup was always

organized & simple. The staff

is extremely helpful and wel-

coming! I would definitely rec-

ommend to family and friends!

Nicole L.

From the Desk of Dr. Victoria I often see quite a few patients needing braces again in their

later ages. Most of them will tell me their stories of how their

teeth became crooked again. Many of them lost their retainers

and never got them replaced. They think it is okay—they don’t

want to pay to have them replaced, and they think that their

teeth won’t move “too much.” Some of them think that wearing

retainers isn’t a big deal, since life is busy and stressful

enough, retainer wearing is the last thing they think about.

Did you know that wearing retainers is a lifetime commitment?

Retainers serve as insurance that will warrant you a life long

Fabulous Superstar Smile! Once you betray the routine of wearing

retainers, you will have to pay the price for orthodontic treatment all

over again! It is a very expensive lesson!

I hate to charge my patients for braces a second time! I feel really

bad about it! Because of this, we have started offering “Platinum”

orthodontic packages this fall. The platinum package offers 4 sets of

retainers, and a lifetime warranty! Can you imagine? We will put

your braces on without you paying your full braces fee again, even if

you lose or do not wear your retainers! All of our platinum patients

will receive a lifetime warranty certificate, and our parents love it!

Ask us about our platinum package if you are interested in

upgrading your current orthodontic treatment to a lifetime warranty!

Also, my favorite holiday Halloween is coming up! We will be

dressing up and having fun parties throughout the week of October

26th-30th! I’d love to see all of you dressed up in this year’s

costume and join us for fun events (you also get rewards points for

dressing up)!

Enjoy your fall and study hard! I am so proud of you all!

Significance Orthodontics Newsletter October/November 2015

From the Desk

of Dr. Victoria

Winner’s Circle

Current Contest

Community

Corner

New Platinum

Package!

Halloween

Events

Patient Movie

Day

Patient of the

Month

Braces Friendly

Recipe

The Road to VIP

Brand New

Fabulous

Superstar

Smiles

Welcome to the

Braces Club

Holiday ZOOM!

Offer

Tips for a

Healthy Mouth

In This Issue:

Winner’s

Circle Congrats to our latest Conest

winner:

Leeanna Serrano Leanna recently won 2

General Admission tickets to

Wet N’ Wild for getting the

most correct answers on our

“where are we from” contest!

Be sure to participate in our

contests for your chance to

win awesome prizes!

Answer Key:

Katie—Providence, RI

Jenny—Reno, NV

Sandra—Los Angeles,

CA

Cathy—San Diego, CA

Nicolette—Guam

Veronica—Willcox, AZ

Norma—Lubbock, TX

Monica—Las Vegas, NV

Sarah—Glendale, CA

Current Contest:

Write a Review for Significance Orthodontics!

Review Dr. Victoria and the staff at Significance Orthodontics and you could win!

Dr. Victoria is giving away a $50 Gift Card to one lucky

patient! All you have to do is review our office on Google

Reviews, Yelp!, or our website! On November 1st, 2015. We will

select one random review to be the winner of a gift card!

Get your coffee and cocoa fix just in time for the Holiday Season!

www.significanceorthodontics.com/significance-orthodontics-reviews/

Community Corner

We want to build a space full of FREE Advertisements for YOUR

Businesses! Help us share and support your small business! If you are

interested in having your information here, please email Katie at

[email protected] with all of your business information,

logos, etc. Also, if you would like to offer a special deal to Dr. Victoria’s

patients, let us know!

Featuring Tea DRIFT

Premium Loose Leaf Tea!

Dr. Victoria’s patients are invited

to save 20% off their order using

the code

20%OFF

At www.teadrift.com

Thanks to David Chan for sharing this great offer with us!

**NEW** Significance Orthodontics PLATINUM Package!

Dr. Victoria is offering a BRAND NEW package with tons of benefits! Check out all of the advantages of having a PLATINUM Package on your

Orthodontic Treatment!

Benefit Original Agreement PLATINUM PACKAGE

Complete Orthodontic Records: Photos,

Models, X-Rays YES YES

Complete Orthodontic Treatment YES YES

Patient Reward Program and Bi-Monthly

Patient Contests YES YES

Bi-Monthly Patient Newsletters YES YES

Super Fun Patient Appreciation Events

throughout the Year YES YES

Appointment Reminders by text or email YES YES

Complimentary Emergency Care After

Office Hours or on Weekends YES YES

Access to Dr. Victoria’s Cell Phone 24/7 YES YES

Complimentary Repair of Loose/Broken

Brackets or Bands 3 UNLIMITED

Sets of Upper and Lower Retainers 1 4

Post Treatment Follow Up 1 Year LIFETIME

ZOOM! Whitening Certificate Upon Braces

Off $150

Lifetime Warranty YES ($6150 Value)

Happy Halloween! Please Join Us In Office For Costumes, Tricks, and Treats!

Interested in Upgrading to our Platinum Package? Call our Office Today! Upgrading is a LIMITED TIME OFFER.

SW: (702) 547-9977 Craig: (702) 647-8114

Craig Office

Oct 27 & Oct 29

Southwest Office

Oct 28 & Oct 30

Come in your costume for extra goodies and extra points on your Rewards Card!

Patient of the Month: Branden Zajdel Branden is a 7th Grader at Doral Academy. He is an outstanding student, is taking advanced classes, and has been selected as student of the month, as well as the recipient of the Super Citizen Award! He was recently selected to be a member of the National Junior Honor Society.

Branden plays little league baseball, and also participates with the theatre program at his school. He has recently run in 4 5k races for charities that support Autism, Breast Cancer, and Multiple Sclerosis, and

Children’s Cancer research! He also volunteers at Southern Nevada Catholic Charities twice per month, serving meals to the homeless and helping to stock their food pantry. He spent his entire summer vacation waking up bright and early at 7am to feed and walk his pet Rottweiler, Ziggy. He never missed a day!

Delicious Braces

Friendly Recipe!

French Onion Soup

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Unsalted Butter

4 Onions, sliced

2 Garlic Cloves, Chopped

2 Bay Leaves

2 Fresh Thyme Sprigs

Salt & Pepper to taste

1 cup Red Wine

3 heaping tablespoons, All-Purpose

Flour

2 quarts Beef Broth

1 Baguettte, sliced

1/2 lb Grated Gruyere

Instructions:

Melt the stick of butter in a large pot

over medium heat. Add the onions,

garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt and

pepper, and cook until the onions are

very soft and caramelized, about 25

minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil,

reduce the heat, and simmer until the

wine has evaporated and the onions

are dry, about 5 minutes. Discard the

bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Dust the

onions with flour and give them a stir.

Turn the heat down to medium low so

the flour doesn’t burn, and cook for

10 minutes.

Add the beef broth, bring the soup

back to a simmer, and cook for 10

minutes. Season with salt and pepper

to taste.

When you’re ready to eat, preheat the

broiler. Arrange baguette slices on a

baking sheet in a single layer. Sprin-

kle them with Gruyere and broil until

bubbly and golden brown, about 3-5

minutes.

Ladle the soup into bowls and top

with several of your croutons.

Prep Time: 15 min—Cook Time: 55 min

Yield:4-6 Servings

Want to nominate your child for Patient of the Month? Send an email to [email protected]

Patient Appreciation Movie Day Saturday, August 15, 2015—Red Rock Theaters

A huge thank you to everybody that joined us for our Patient Appreciation Day! We had an

absolute blast at the movies with you!

For those of you that were unable to make it, we hope that you can join us at our next

Patient Appreciation Event! Keep your eyes and ears open for details!

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

Alyssa Victoria

Andrew Martinez

Angelica Mateo

Angelique Van

Vliet

Angie Engdawork

Annie Chen

Anthony Domingo

Bi Lin

Brandon Reyes

Braxton Clark

Brittanee Jackson

Brittany Buelvas

Carissa Meyer

Chris Nakagawa

Claudia Antonio

Dando Fitamo

Daniela Calliano

Dinora Martinez

Eleonora Mauro

Eric Chio

Eric Wu

Erik Carranza

Fabian Chavez

Gianna Ingles

Giovanna Santana

Hyimanot Heberework

Hulda Luo

Jade Lee

Jeanette Valencia

Jerry Castrejon

Jessy Carballo-Funes

Jia Choong

Jim Zhang

Jordan Mohun

Jose Rodriguez Jr.

Kathy Mohammadi

Katie Peterson

Kenneth Shields

Keturah McCoy

Li Liu

Liliana Briceno

Meghana Sunkara

Mobin Hu

Nicholas Spaccavento

Nichole Vong

Nicolette Yabut

Noel Pacheco

Octavia McCoy

Rochelle Ubaldo

Rocio Rodriguez

Shavaun Valenzuela

Sherry Bi

Tessamarie Torrijos

Tina Davidson

Tinsaye Fedesa

Tranell Burns

Tyroniesha King

Victoria Routt

Wilborne Liberato

Wilson Chen

Xinyi Gan

Yahwe Del Rosario

Yali Zhang

Yi Wu

Ying Ma

Ying Zhao

Yingluo Luo

Yiting Wang

Yu Dian Zhang

Yue Mei Zhu

Go VIP and get entered into

October’s Drawing for a

Dinner and a Movie

Package from Regal

Theaters!

Congrats on Your Brand New Fabulous Superstar Smile!

Welcome to the Club! These awesome patients got their braces

on in July/August 2015!

Aedan J.

Aiko M.

Alejandra M.

Alex Y.

Alfredo G.

Amna R.

Ariana Q.

Arthur W.

Beza Z.

Braden S.

Brittanee J.

Catelyn G.

Christian A.

Christina L.

Diana H.

Donna L.

Donovan C.

Emily C.

Erondina E.

Gabrielle B.

Grecia R.

Hiruy A.

Ivan D.

Jaelsie M.

Jancy D.

Jasmine L.

Jesus L.

Jim Z.

Joann L.

Jose L.

Juan C.

Kairi W.

Kenneth M.

Keyonia B.

Keysharie B.

Kristin G.

Kristin W.

Lashawn S.

Luis L.

Malia J.

Marleny A.

Matthew S.

Michayla S.

Nestor M.

Nicholas N.

Nicholas W.

Nicole L.

Oral C.

Rylan L.

Saul M.

Shawntee J.

Stephen F.

Taliah H.

Taylor D.

Victoria L.

Vilaymany S.

William W.

Yesenia S.

Yin Hao L.

Yvonne C.

Brittney Pham

Cathy Jin

Chelsea Pettis

Cristina Mallari

Dante Rosino

David Wu

Dwight Suggs

Edrielle Ramirez

Elena Montelongo

Eric Alas

Etagegnehu Worku

Francesca Condon

Glenford Maluyo

James Vides

Jasmine Landa

Jenna Garduno

Jenny Tsang

Joshua Rapanan

Karina Rus

Keturah McCoy

Kin-Leng Chan

Lani Bilog

Latrice Williams

Lili Tseng

Madison Clements

Maricruz Garcia

Mario Arroyo

Martha Renteria

Maverick Resuello

Max Cruz

Megan Placibe

Merlina Halim

Meron Haile

Nancy Martinez

Nickolas Morin

Nicole Lee

Noel Rodriguez

Phyllis Lee

Rochelle Puma

Russell Booze Jr.

Salvador Sanchez Jr.

Stacey Urrutia

Susana Jiminez

Sze Man Choy

Taylor Aery

Taylor Jefferson

Tevin Gray

Trey Schossow

Tristen Jimenez

Vargha Nasri

Veronica Weathers

Wei Tang

Contact Us

Schedule your Fabulous Superstar Smile Consultation Today!

Southwest Office

6018 S. Fort Apache Rd.

Ste. 100

Las Vegas, NV 89148

(702) 547-9977

Craig Office

2777 W. Craig Rd.

Ste. 101

N. Las Vegas, NV 89032

(702) 647-8114

Visit us on the web at: www.significanceorthodontics.com

Tips for a Healthy Mouth

If you think about it, your mouth is one of the parts of your body that is almost always in constant use. You use it to eat, talk, breathe, etc., and if it is diseased or has been afflicted with a variety of health problems, it can be quite embarrassing and limit-ing. When you have a tooth ache or canker sore, for example, not much else seems to matter! Because of this, and so much more, having a healthy mouth is essential to your well-being, confidence, and overall wellness.

Benefits & Beyond There are many problems that can arise by not taking the time to strive for a healthy mouth. Gingivitis, which is a type of periodontal disease, destroys a person’s gums, the surrounding tissue, and even the tooth sockets. To prevent things like dental caries or cavities, as well as gingivitis, it is important to maintain a healthy mouth. Doing so is actually easier than you may think, providing you keep a few things in mind!

Throughout the years, there are various tips for the ages and stages that people go through, with things all along the way that contribute to a healthy mouth:

When it comes to infants, avoid putting them to bed with a bottle. It’s also beneficial to try to keep shared utensils away from them, so they don’t get additional germs in their mouth.

At any age of life, it is important to establish a healthy oral hygiene routine. As soon as infants have their first tooth come in, parents can begin keeping it clean. Once they are old enough to brush, parents can create a routine and help them see it through.

Be sure to brush your teeth at least twice per day, for two minutes each time. While you are at it, brush your tongue as well. You also need to floss at least once per day. This is one that even adults like to cut corners on, but the benefits are well worth the effort.

Visit your dentist’s office every 4-6 months for a check up and cleaning. This will help keep the plaque removed from your mouth, the teeth clean and polished, and will help the dentist discover any issues that may arise.

Always use a mouth guard when playing sports. This simple little device, which can be picked up at a sporting goods store, can save you a great deal of pain and money later!

Replace your toothbrush regularly, which is every two to three months or as the bristles become frayed.

Avoid forgetting to floss each day. Leave the floss sitting out on the bathroom counter, or put a sticky note on the mirror. Make a point to do it each day for a month, by which time it should become habit.

Make sure that even though you are brushing twice a day, you are brushing long enough. Aim for two minutes per session. If you opt for an electric toothbrush, they often let you know when it has been two minutes.

Speak to you doctor about any prescriptions you may be taking that have side effects that harm the teeth. If there are some, maybe you can get them swapped out for something else or ask for suggestions to protect your teeth.

Avoid smoking or using chewing tobacco, both of which can lead to many oral health problems.

Keep drinks in check! Sugary drinks should be avoided or kept to a minimum, as well as highly acidic drinks (citrus sodas and sports drinks, etc.) which can eat away and erode at the tooth’s enamel.

Forget using your teeth to open things or chew on items such as pens. Both can be damaging.

Avoid sharing things like straws, utensils, lip balm, etc. The bacteria and saliva can transmit things that lead to an unhealthy mouth.

Staying Healthy Having a healthy mouth is important for life, a healthy overall body, and achieving optimal wellness. It is also essential for feeling comfortable and confident, as well as living pain-free. Keep the above items in your mind, make them a habit, and you will be well on your way to a healthy mouth!

Significance Dental Specialists

6018 S. Fort Apache Rd. Ste 100

Las Vegas, NV 89148

Share the Gift of a Brighter, Whiter

Smile this Holiday Season!

To Celebrate the Season of Giving,

We are offering all In-Office ZOOM! Whitening

Treatments at

Buy 1 Get 1 Half Off!! (Reg. $495)

Give your second treatment to a friend or keep it for yourself!

Limited Time Offer! Call (702) 547-9977 to schedule your

appointment today!

Offer Ends 12/15/2015