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Preventing Illness
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The holidays are a time for relaxation, enjoyment and celebration with family and friends. However, they are also unfortunately a common time of year for respiratory virus infections and this year, with pandemic H1N1 influenza, infections may be even more common. Here are some tips to stay healthy and prevent infection over the holiday season.
- Wash your hands frequently. Hand washing is one of the most important things you can do to avoid infections and stay healthy. Wash your hands with soap and water (for at least 20 seconds) or with alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Get vaccinated. If you have not already been vaccinated against the flu now is the time. Getting vaccinated is the single best way to prevent influenza infection. While you are at it, check to make sure you are up to date on all your immunizations.
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Caring For Your Teeth This Season |
 The winter holidays are known for sweet treats and tempting goodies, but that doesn't mean that you have to end up at the dentist with cavities in January. How do sweet foods and drinks cause cavities?When you eat sugary foods or drinks, naturally occurring bacteria in the mouth feed on the sugar and create acids as a by-product. These acids then wear down the tooth enamel, making it weaker and more susceptible to tooth decay as well as a host of other problems, including gingivitis. Snacking on sweets throughout the day or during an extended period of time (such as at a holiday party) is especially harmful, since damaging acids form in the mouth every time you eat a sugary snack and continue to affect the teeth for at least 20 minutes afterwards. |
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Helpful Info About How Our Clinic Works
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 We are proud of the services we provide for our patients. We value your time and respect your individual circumstances. We make every effort to treat each patient with the respect he or she deserves.
Good relationships start with good communication! All relationships are give and take, and all interaction requires the focus and attention of both parties. In order to foster a great Patient/Doctor relationship, it is important to communicate what we desire to provide, as well as what we hope to receive from you, as the patient. Our Promise As a clinic, we are constantly attending continued education conferences, learning the latest methods, materials and medicines, so we can be better equipped to serve our patients. We promise to keep our wait times low and maintain the highest level of service to the best of our ability, by following strict scheduling guidelines and adhering to ethical standards of care. It is our desire to build trust and patient confidence, while striving to see that each person is treated with equal respect and concern. The exchange We expect our patients to arrive on time. If a patient is more than 5 minutes late, we will move them to the next available appointment slot. If there is not a time slot available that is convenient for both the patient and the clinic, we will work to find a suitable appointment on another day. This is to ensure that we do not delay the appointments of those who were able to arrive on time. READ MORE >> |
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ATTENTION!
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- Please be aware that our office will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
- Our Addiction Group Therapy Sessions will be held on Thursdays at 7pm in the conference room at Dollie's Restaurant (in EconoLodge). We welcome anyone to attend!
- Our office will also be closed on New Year's Day.
- We have been seeing a great number of flu cases in the recent weeks. We are still offering flu shots and recommend refreshing your flu prevention skills at cdc.gov.
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