Our First Cavity-Free Pizza Party

Whoo hoo! Ladies and gentlemen, please mark April 25th down on your calendars as Redwood Dental's first Cavity-Free Pizza Party! As part of an ongoing effort to celebrate our patients being cavity-free, we have been placing their gorgeous pictures on our Cavity-Free Wall. Every 3-4 months, we will randomly select a winner from our pool of awesome patients who are cavity-free. Our first winner is Anastasia! She's 5 years old and really takes good care of her teeth!

Here's a picture of Anastasia (on right) and her friend. Beautiful smiles!

These little ladies really know how to work the camera. It was adorable that after each picture, they would run up to my camera and insist on taking a look. We all enjoyed some good ol' pizza, low-sugar drinks, and low-sugar cookies! After playing a little charades with Play-Doh, watching monkeys on the TV, and sharing a few "secrets", we said our goodbyes and all these girls received a gift bag filled with goodies including berry xylitol, of course! Here are a few pictures from our party...

                      

Can't wait 'til the next one,

Dr. Lynda Tran

Text2Quit Helps Smokers Quit

Having a father who is in the process of quitting smoking, I know how difficult it is to even think about quitting. But imagine the benefits for those who quit smoking: decrease risk of heart conditions/cancers/etc., increased life expectancy, less harm caused by secondhand smoking to your loved ones, less money spent on buying cigarrettes (and could be put to better purchases), improvement in your oral health, and the list goes on!

With the increase presence of technology in our lives, there is now another way to get help to quit. Text2Quit from Voxiva. This technology uses your mobile device to help smokers kick the habit using guidelines set by the Surgeon General. According to their site, "studies have shown that text-based interventions are 2 times more likely to help smokers quit"! How amazing is that? If you or a loved one is ready quit, check out Text2Quit. Click here to view their video.

Best,

Dr. Lynda Tran