Dear Friends,
Over the last 30 years our practice has grown exclusively from word of mouth referrals by our existing patients. For this we are most grateful.
In an effort to reward those special people who are kind enough to recommend our practice to their friends and family, we are launching our Referral Rewards Program.
The program is as follows:
A. Give one of our referral cards to a friend, co-worker or family member.
B. Once that person makes and completes their new patient appointment you will have the ability to choose one of the following rewards!
1.$25 gift certificate to Home Depot, Target, Olive Garden, or Borders.
2.$50 credit on your next visit
3.$100 off tooth whitening
C. In addition to receiving this initial “Thank You” benefit, your name then goes into “the pot” for a grand prize drawing that will take place once the practice reaches 12 referrals from all sources. If you refer 2, 3, or 4 people out of that 12, your name goes in “the pot” 2, 3 or 4 times. The winner has a choice of:
1.A mini laptop computer
2.A 3-day, 2-night stay at the famous Nemocolin Resort in PA.
D. Your referral includes only 1 member of a family.
Please know that anyone you refer to our office will be given our best professional care. Care that you know is really unsurpassed in the dental industry today.
We are very excited about this program and hope you will participate.
Warmest Regards,
Thomas J Fenlon DDS
Howard County Family Dentistry
To learn more about this or you have any questions please feel free to visit our website at www.howardcountydentist.com. Call us at (410)-442-2800 or email us at info@howardcountydentist.com
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
How To Select a Good Dentist
10 Questions and Observations That Will Help You Choose a Dentist
Many situations can occur that may require us to find a new dentist such as moving, having a dentist retire, or needing special services our dentist can't provide. Although we all know that proper dental care is vital to good health, most of us don't know how to choose a good dentist. It can be difficult to know what questions to ask and what things to observe in the process of choosing a good dentist. You will want to know both how the dentist treats you as a person and how he treats your mouth. Following are some key questions to ask and observations to make in the process of making your choice.
Full article click here
To learn more about this or you have any questions please feel free to visit our website at www.howardcountydentist.com. Call us at (410)-442-2800 or email us at info@howardcountydentist.com
Many situations can occur that may require us to find a new dentist such as moving, having a dentist retire, or needing special services our dentist can't provide. Although we all know that proper dental care is vital to good health, most of us don't know how to choose a good dentist. It can be difficult to know what questions to ask and what things to observe in the process of choosing a good dentist. You will want to know both how the dentist treats you as a person and how he treats your mouth. Following are some key questions to ask and observations to make in the process of making your choice.
Full article click here
To learn more about this or you have any questions please feel free to visit our website at www.howardcountydentist.com. Call us at (410)-442-2800 or email us at info@howardcountydentist.com
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Snoring May Impair Brain Function
Snoring May Impair Brain Function
It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now UNSW research has found that snoring associated with sleep apnea may impair brain function more than previously thought.
Sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea experience similar changes in brain biochemistry as people who have had a severe stroke or who are dying, the research shows.
A study by UNSW Brain Sciences, published this month in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, is the first to analyze - in a second-by-second timeframe - what is happening in the brains of sufferers as they sleep. Previous studies have focused on recreating oxygen impairment in awake patients.
"It used to be thought that apnea snoring had absolutely no acute effects on brain function but this is plainly not true," said lead author of the study, New South Global Professor Caroline Rae.
Sleep apnea affects as many as one in four middle-aged men, with around three percent going on to experience a severe form of the condition characterized by extended pauses in breathing, repetitive asphyxia and sleep fragmentation.
Children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids are also affected, raising concerns of long-term cognitive damage.
Professor Rae and collaborators from Sydney University's Woolcock Institute used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the brains of 13 men with severe, untreated, obstructive sleep apnea. They found that even a moderate degree of oxygen de-saturation during the patients' sleep had significant effects on the brain's bioenergetics status.
"The findings show that lack of oxygen while asleep may be far more detrimental than when awake, possibly because the normal compensatory mechanisms don't work as well when you are asleep," Professor Rae, who is based at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, said.
"This is happening in someone with sleep apnea acutely and continually when they are asleep. It's a completely different biochemical mechanism from anything we've seen before and is similar to what you see in somebody who has had a very severe stroke or is dying."
The findings suggested societal perceptions of snoring needed to change, Professor Rae said.
"People look at people snoring and think it's funny. That has to stop."
Professor Rae said it was still unclear why the body responded to oxygen depletion in this way. It could be a form of ischemic preconditioning at work, much like in heart attack sufferers whose initial attack makes them more protected from subsequent attacks.
"The brain could be basically resetting its bioenergetics to make itself more resistant to lack of oxygen," Professor Rae said. "It may be a compensatory mechanism to keep you alive, we just don't know, but even if it is it's not likely to be doing you much good."
To learn more about this or you have any questions please feel free to visit our website at www.howardcountydentist.com. Call us at(410)-442-2800 or email us at info@howardcountydentist.com
It has been linked to learning impairment, stroke and premature death. Now UNSW research has found that snoring associated with sleep apnea may impair brain function more than previously thought.
Sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea experience similar changes in brain biochemistry as people who have had a severe stroke or who are dying, the research shows.
A study by UNSW Brain Sciences, published this month in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, is the first to analyze - in a second-by-second timeframe - what is happening in the brains of sufferers as they sleep. Previous studies have focused on recreating oxygen impairment in awake patients.
"It used to be thought that apnea snoring had absolutely no acute effects on brain function but this is plainly not true," said lead author of the study, New South Global Professor Caroline Rae.
Sleep apnea affects as many as one in four middle-aged men, with around three percent going on to experience a severe form of the condition characterized by extended pauses in breathing, repetitive asphyxia and sleep fragmentation.
Children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids are also affected, raising concerns of long-term cognitive damage.
Professor Rae and collaborators from Sydney University's Woolcock Institute used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the brains of 13 men with severe, untreated, obstructive sleep apnea. They found that even a moderate degree of oxygen de-saturation during the patients' sleep had significant effects on the brain's bioenergetics status.
"The findings show that lack of oxygen while asleep may be far more detrimental than when awake, possibly because the normal compensatory mechanisms don't work as well when you are asleep," Professor Rae, who is based at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, said.
"This is happening in someone with sleep apnea acutely and continually when they are asleep. It's a completely different biochemical mechanism from anything we've seen before and is similar to what you see in somebody who has had a very severe stroke or is dying."
The findings suggested societal perceptions of snoring needed to change, Professor Rae said.
"People look at people snoring and think it's funny. That has to stop."
Professor Rae said it was still unclear why the body responded to oxygen depletion in this way. It could be a form of ischemic preconditioning at work, much like in heart attack sufferers whose initial attack makes them more protected from subsequent attacks.
"The brain could be basically resetting its bioenergetics to make itself more resistant to lack of oxygen," Professor Rae said. "It may be a compensatory mechanism to keep you alive, we just don't know, but even if it is it's not likely to be doing you much good."
To learn more about this or you have any questions please feel free to visit our website at www.howardcountydentist.com. Call us at(410)-442-2800 or email us at info@howardcountydentist.com
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