Auburn Dental Center November 2019

With These Gratitude-Themed Games Thanksgiving is an excellent time to teach children about gratefulness. By planning some fun, gratitude-themed games, you can impart a valuable lesson and spend some quality family time together. Get your kids in the holiday spirit by adding a Thanksgiving twist to these classic games. PICTIONARY Want to bring out your kids’ creative sides? Pictionary is the perfect way to encourage artistic expression and grateful thinking. Try adding a rule where players have to draw something they’re grateful for. This will get your kids thinking beyond turkey and stuffing and give them an imaginative way to express their gratitude. Plus, who doesn’t love a good art contest? GUESS WHO? To play gratitude-themed Guess Who?, have each participant write down their name and something they’re thankful for on a slip of paper and put it in a bowl. Then, at the dinner table, have each person draw a random slip and read what it says without saying the name while everyone else tries to guess who wrote it. While Pictionary may get your kids talking about what they are thankful for, Guess Who? will tune them into what others around them are thankful for too. PICK-UP STICKS Like regular pick-up sticks, the goal is to remove a stick from a haphazard pile without disturbing the others. However, by using colored sticks that represent different kinds of thankfulness — such as places, people, or food — you can make players think outside the box. This will ensure you get a wide range of creative, thoughtful answers whenever the kids pick up a stick. These modified games are great for helping your kids realize how much they have to be thankful for. Use these to spend some fun, educational, quality time with your family this Thanksgiving. ENGAGE YOUR KIDS ON THANKSGIVING

THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTAL VENEERS The Hollywood Veneers

Of the many cosmetic procedures to help people improve their smile and self-confidence, veneers are the most popular. Dental veneers address the problems of teeth that are broken or chipped, permanently stained or discolored, or crooked or misshapen, and they take care of any unwanted gaps between teeth. This noninvasive and simple process is why so many people prefer veneers over surgical procedures to improve smiles. THE STAR OF VENEERS Veneers are a relatively new product invented in the late 1920s by Dr. Charles Pincus. Dr. Pincus’ patients were mostly Hollywood stars, many of whom depended on their smiles while they were in front of the camera. He created an acrylic tooth cap that went over the actor’s tooth, attached by a removable adhesive. This gave a person the flexibility to wear the caps while they were being filmed and remove them once the filming was over. As they became more popular, people started looking for a more permanent solution. ENTER PERMANENT VENEERS Throughout the next few decades, people with tooth loss or disease turned to the new veneers as a way to improve their smile. This created a demand for longer-lasting caps and a more durable adhesive. Dentists began using porcelain or composites as veneers but were still having difficulties adhering them to the teeth. In the 1950s, Dr. Michael Bunocore discovered a way to lightly etch a tooth’s surface with a mild acid, allowing its surface to bond more easily with an adhesive. PORCELAIN VENEERS TODAY While many dentists use similar methods to attach veneers to teeth today, veneers are made with higher quality materials than ever before. Modern dental advancements give veneers a more natural look and longer lifetime, lasting 10–30 years before needing to be replaced or repaired. Veneers are applied within a short amount of time, giving patients the smile they want within a reasonable timeframe.

At Auburn Dental Center, we can apply veneers to teeth in just two visits. The first visit is to prepare the teeth, and the second is to bond the veneers to the teeth. Call our office today to make an appointment and learn more!

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