Signature Smiles - January 2022

Signature Smiles - January 2022

4,390 Lives Changed Through Sedation 1,588 5-Star Reviews, and Counting 86 Years of Combined Experience

The Home of Anxiety-Free Dentistry

Our Accomplishments for 2021 AND OUR GOALS FOR 2022

JANUARY 2022

Happy New Year to all of our raving fans, loyal clients, friends, and families of Signature Smiles of both the Streetsboro and Elyria practices! I hope this letter finds you happy, healthy, and optimistic about opportunities ahead in 2022. At Signature Smiles, we consider each patient a family member, which is why we are always excited to share our news and accomplishments from the previous year as well as our plans and vision for the coming year. OUR VISION As you may know, Signature Smiles started in 2015 as a small office at our Streetsboro location with the simple mission of “changing people’s lives” through an anxiety-free dental experience. My team joined efforts and spent long nights planning how we could build a better place for our patients that would have a direct impact on their daily social lives. Our family has been growing slow but steady. Our strategic goal is to help 20,562 patients overcome their dental fear and social embarrassment barriers through a proven anxiety-free dental and sedation process. You may be asking where we got this number

from. The number actually represents the number of seats in the Q Arena (now known as Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse) — it’s why our 10-year plan is called “Fill the Q.” OUR TEAM We understand that we have a tough mission to accomplish and that the right team is needed to create our exceptional patient- centric practices. We have spent the last six years building and refining our dream team and setting in stone our core values that we are not willing to compromise at any cost. I want to give a big thank-you to our team leaders, Michelle and Jaime, as they have put a tremendous amount of effort in to accomplish this dream. Even if you’ve just joined our Signature Smiles family, you would easily detect these values in every one of our team members from your first visit: • Always make your confidence greater than your comfort. • Always make your performance greater than your applause. • Always make your enjoyment greater than your effort. • Always make your future greater than your past. • Always make your purpose greater than your money. We are committed to continuous team training and development through intense monthly trainings where our team goes through extensive training to elevate their skills in the following areas:

Our doctors continue to grow by attending advanced high-level training to sharpen our clinical skills.

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Pikos Institute Program: Dr. Issa and Dr. Omar continued their journey to advance their skills in major bone grafting and advanced implant training. Clinical Mastery Series: Dr. Seim, Dr. Yacoub, and Dr. Omar continued their journey to advance their skills in general dentistry.

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2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS With all of the challenges and restraints that COVID-19 has placed on us as a community and a health care provider, we were still able to achieve what we planned for with the help of our great patients, raving fans, and amazing team. 1,738 new patients were able to join our Signature Smiles family and experience our anxiety-free dental care.

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Get Fruits and Vegetables Into Their Diets Help Your Kids Grow Up Strong and Smart

You probably heard your parents tell you to eat your vegetables so you can grow up big and strong. But did you know that eating fruit and vegetables can have a positive impact on a child’s mind? A recent study from across the pond in the United Kingdom set out to put this theory to the test. The study was published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. Researchers sent surveys to more than 50 schools across England and received responses from 11,000 students. The survey asked schoolchildren about their mental health as well as their dietary choices. The average mental health score was 46.6 out of 70 for high school students and 46 out of 60 for elementary students. When looking at the children’s dietary habits, only 25% of high school and 28% of elementary school students reported that they ate the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. About 10% of high school and 9% of elementary school students reported eating no fruits or vegetables at all. Those students who ate the recommended portions of fruit and vegetables scored on average 3.73 units higher in regards to their mental well-being than those who did not eat any.

While this newfound research provides a link between improved mental well-being to fruits and vegetables, there are many more benefits that come with eating the daily recommended portion. There is a plethora of minerals and vitamins hiding within our favorite fruits and vegetables that help with lowering cholesterol, reducing and maintaining a healthy weight, and protecting against diseases such as some cancers, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes. They can also curb the

appetite to stop you or your kids from reaching for an unhealthy snack. And they taste great!

Whether it’s to improve mental well-being, grow stronger, or just add variety to your diet, you can’t go wrong by incorporating more fruits and vegetables into your and your family’s diets.

Busting the Myth About Back Teeth Removal THE REAL TOOTH

Myth: Removing back teeth is not a big deal.

on the “complete” side. This will require treatment to fix, which may include the removal of more teeth.

Fact: It’s complicated. When we see patients, especially younger patients, with a damaged back tooth, they often decide to have the tooth removed rather than repaired or restored because they don’t

DRIFTING Once a tooth is removed, the adjacent teeth will try to close the gap because our teeth are always in dynamic movement and

think removing a back tooth (a premolar or molar) is a big deal. After all, you cannot see these teeth when you smile, and people often value appearance over function. In the short term, removing a back tooth is not a major issue. However, in the long term, you can face serious consequences, including the need to remove more teeth, ongoing pain, and continued costs. When you have a back tooth removed, whether due to infection, damage, or severe overcrowding, you can create new problems. OVERLOADING When you are missing a tooth on one side of the mouth, you end up overloading the other side of the mouth. This puts extra strain on the jaw and teeth opposite of the removed tooth. Over a long period of time, you can wear down and damage teeth

only stop moving when they meet with another tooth. This will cause a major collapse in your bite, which could be very hard to recover from over the years, and it can end up causing you to lose more teeth. We see older patients who have had several teeth removed because they overloaded their healthy teeth in their youth. It can be traced to the removal of that first tooth because they thought it wasn’t a big deal. In the end, a tooth removal can leave you with more problems than when you started, including a large bill. If you experience tooth decay or damage, it’s important to explore other options in order to save your existing teeth. Removing a tooth should be a last option.

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and every one of our patients who took the time to spread the message and help us reach more patients. These feedback messages and reviews fuel our energy on a daily basis and keep the momentum going. LOOKING FORWARD TO 2022 In 2022, we are looking ahead with big hopes and big plans. Our third Signature Smiles location is ready for its grand opening on Jan. 29, so please join us on that special day! Our focus stays the same but gets bigger: Our target is to help 999 patients with sedation dentistry among our three locations! We appreciate what we learned in 2021, we appreciate all of our patients and team, and I am looking forward to what 2022 may bring for all of us at Signature Smiles. We wish you a happy and healthy 2022. Thank you and see you soon! –Your Signature Smiles Team

1,042 (60%) of our new patients came through word-of-mouth referrals. Big thanks to all of our patients who are helping us spread our message throughout our community. 830 patients’ lives were changed through sedation dentistry, averaging 20 sedation patients per week. This will put us at 4,390 patients whom Signature Smiles has helped with sedation dentistry since day one.

15,428 anxiety-free dental visits were completed between the two locations.

66 full-mouth implant rehabilitations were completed where we took our patients from poor dental health and major life distress to smile recovery and functionality in less than a day. We are blessed to be one of the few practices that provides this service in Ohio. 2,306 4.9-star reviews are on Google — Streetsboro had 870 five-star reviews and Elyria had 718 five-star reviews. This helps us monitor our performance through continuous patient feedback. I thank each

REFER YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR A CHANCE TO WIN BIG!

Every referral we receive at Signature Smiles is a great compliment. We are honored that you trust us with your family’s oral health and recommend others do the same. In recognition of our patients’ continued support, we are once again giving away prizes for those who have referred us! Any current patient who refers a new patient to Signature Smiles through March will be entered into a raffle to win a patio furniture set. We will be drawing monthly raffles leading up to the big giveaway too! You could win:

• A Valentine’s Day Date Night complete with local chocolates, a gift card to a local restaurant, and a gift card to the movie theater!

• The Spa Day Basket which includes two robes and slippers, a foot spa bath massager, and other spa goodies to ensure the greatest relaxation!

• And of course, the big prize: a patio furniture set!

Refer a patient today, and you could win one of these great prizes! Call Signature Smiles or visit us on Facebook to learn more.

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The Importance of Fruits and Vegetables for Kids

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Should You Remove a Back Tooth?

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Win a Patio Furniture Set!

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The Slugging Beauty Trend — What Is It?

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Making a Splash in the Beauty World SLUGGING: THE NEW SKIN CARE TREND

When you think of slugs, you think of beauty products, right?! Maybe not, but it’s becoming a more common beauty term by the day thanks to TikTok. Slugging, the new K-Beauty (Korean beauty) trend, involves sealing nighttime skin care products with an occlusive moisturizer like Vaseline. This has quietly brewed in popularity and has now become highly favored among many skin care enthusiasts. The goal of slugging is to eradicate the need for foundation, which can make skin appear dull and bland. Instead, it concentrates on hydrating, clarifying, and toning the skin. As we are in the dead of winter and battling dryness, maybe slugging is worth digging into. According to experts, when you use an occlusive moisturizer over your normal skin care products it prevents transepidermal water loss from taking place, which keeps your skin plump and hydrated. It can also benefit the natural lipid barrier of your facial skin, which maintains skin hydration and cleanliness.

Vaseline is also known to be beneficial for your lips and eyelids and can be used occasionally in place of your normal moisturizer — so slugging isn’t that strange of an idea. There is a caveat though: You must properly cleanse your skin of the Vaseline or petroleum jelly in the morning or you may risk breaking out. After the majority of users washed their faces thoroughly following each usage, they stated that their skin felt softer. In addition to this, those who tried the new trend reported that the additional product did not feel “heavy” on their faces and, surprisingly, didn’t get all over their pillowcases. (Despite this, towels over pillowcases are recommended!) Smothering Vaseline all over your face sounds like a good time, right? As long as you are clean with your application process and you do not have any allergies to your current skin care products or occlusive moisturizers, slugging may be worth trying out! However, the greasy texture of Vaseline may leave you looking and feeling like a slimy slug for a few hours!

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