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Halloween Candy Buy Back 2015
October 26, 2015
Just as we did last Halloween, everyone here at Advanced Dental Care of Springfield will be putting our money where our mouths are by participating in Operation Gratitude, the Halloween Candy Buyback program to help support our military personnel serving overseas.
This program gives trick-or-treaters the opportunity to exchange some or all of their Halloween haul for cash. The collected candy will then be sent to Operation Gratitude in California where it will be sorted and repackaged and then distributed to troops serving overseas.
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Earn Cash For Your Candy And Support A Soldier
October 23, 2015
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CASH FOR CANDY!
Local Dentist Takes a Stand Against Sweets this Halloween
— Earn cash for your candy and support a soldier —
10/12/2015 – One local dentist is redefining the phrase “put your money where your mouth is.” This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can bring their excess candy to Advanced Dental Care of Springfield and receive $1 per pound. Dr. Matt VanderMolen and his team have joined the movement to reduce gingivitis and anti-decay by giving away dollars, prizes, and local favors in exchange for cavity-provoking candy.
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With Sedation Dentistry, Patients with Dental Phobia can Breathe Easy
October 12, 2015
For most people, visits to a dentist can bring them anxiety, but for 9 to 15 percent of Americans, simply the idea of dental visits already terrifies them. When you ask these adults what it is about dentists that they fear the most, you’re bound to get different answers. Some aren’t big fans of their dentist’s tools, while others may have had a bad experience while sitting on the dental chair.
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Missing Teeth? A Dentist Can Use Dental Implants to Restore Your Smile
September 28, 2015
In the past, people with missing teeth either had to learn to live without them or have dentures made. Unfortunately, dentures did not feel or look natural. Even worse, dentures had the tendency to come loose or fall out while speaking or eating. Fortunately, dental clinics like the Advanced Dental Care of Springfield offer a more modern solution: dental implants.
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Modern-Day Dental Implants: Convenient, Comfortable, and Effective
September 14, 2015
In the past decades, merely the idea of having dental implants placed on their mouth was enough to make one shiver in fright. Back then, having implants involved the implantation of various types of devices in the patient’s jaws, particularly between their periosteum and their alveolar or basal bone. Whether these contraptions yielded a huge success rate or not remains to be a mystery, yet these inspired researchers to continually develop and further improve implants.
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