
Does it hurt? Many patients talk to their friends and ask if it hurts when they have their braces removed. Their friends, seizing an opportunity, will say, “Oh yes, it really hurts when they take your braces off”. Tarah Ferguson, shown above, had her braces removed today. She was apprehensive, but I told her it didn’t hurt. I took Tarah’s braces off while I was talking to her mom. Tarah thought the braces were still on her teeth. She didn’t realize I had taken them off. LOL When she finally moved her lips and tongue across her teeth, she was shocked and placed a big grin on her face. We all had a good laugh. So if you want to know….”does it hurt to get my braces removed?” Ask Tarah
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Congratulations goes to Andrew Phillips. At the end of December, Andrew’s card was drawn and he won a $50 Marquee Cinema Gift card! About every month, we select an appointment card from our famous purple fish bowl for a prize so don’t forget your card.
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Dr. Thompson and staff are getting our supplies ready to go to the Elementary schools for the ADA’s National Children’s Dental Health Month. We have sent out numerous letters to local elementary schools. Dr. Thompson will speak to over a thousand 2nd to 5th grade students about how to take care of their teeth. If you want to know more about the National Children’s Dental Health Month click here. We will post pictures of each class and place them on YourSmilingFaces.com and our FaceBook Page
Update: So far we have scheduled to go to Cox’s Landing, Highlawn, Southside, Davis Creek and Hite Saunders Elementary Schools. Dr. Thompson will be teaching upto 800 students during February.

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Another promising college student, Brianna Barnes, job shadowed yesterday. Brianna had some very good questions about the dental field and I believe she will obtain all her goals. She said she just thought working as a dentist would be very enjoyable and fun. Good luck Brianna. Come back and visit soon. If you want to know more about the dental field as an occupation, please contact the office. Dr. Thompson does allow job shadowing by appointment. It’s good that young people find out as much as possible about the occupational field they desire.
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We have been going crazy around here putting Christmas Braces on patients. If you don’t know what Christmas braces are, then look at Olivia Roberts. She has some


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Marissa Keyser caught our eye today with her t-shirt. She wore it just for her orthodontic appointment. We love the t-shirt, Marissa and Let Your Smile Shine!