April 2007 Newsletter
What´s New at Savon
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In every newsletter you will find a secret word or phrase. When you locate the word or phrase, copy the entire paragraph and paste it into an email along with your Savon membership ID number and your name.
Send the email to customerservice@savondentalplan.com. The emails will be printed and the winning entry will be drawn on the 15th of the following month. All entries must be received by the 10th of the month (July 10th for Junes newsletter, etc.). The winning entry will receive a check from Savon for $25.00. Only one entry per family is allowed and you may only win once per 12 months. The secret phrase for April is "harmony"
Quote of the Month: “If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.” Malcolm X (1925-1965)
Cohen’s Corner – Straight talk from the Doctor:
No Teeth….No Dentist….No Good! Oral Cancer, The Forgotten Killer!
Throughout my years of practice one question that would come up again and again was ‘Why go to the dentist if I don’t have any teeth?’ The answer is simple if you are a health care provider: Oral Cancer!
There will be approximately 30,000 new cases of oral and pharyngeal cancer diagnosed in the United States this year. Out of these cases as many as 8,000 people will die from the disease. This works out to be about 22 deaths a day, each and every day, from oral cancer in the United States. On top of this staggering statistic, the 5 year survival rate is only 50%. Although most cancerous survival rates are increasing in the United States, the rate of survival from oral cancer has not improved in decades. In fact the death rate from oral cancer is higher than cervical cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, cancer of the brain, liver, testes, kidney, or skin cancer (malignant melanoma). If one adds the upper part of the throat to the mix, there will be upwards of 41,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States this year. With this addition, approximately 12,500 people in the United States will die of oral cancer this year. This works out to be a bout 34 deaths each and every day of the year.
What can be done to improve the survival rate of oral cancer and more importantly, how can I better protect myself and my loved ones from this killer? The answer to this question could be as simple as a five to ten minute oral cancer exam from your family dentist. Yes, your family dentist is trained to do an oral cancer exam and should be doing one on a yearly basis and more frequently if indicated by past cancer detection or other health reasons. We all need to work harder in bringing down the death rate that oral cancer, the forgotten killer, has brought upon us. That is why: No Teeth…..No Dentist…….No Good is not the answer. Oral cancer doesn't come announced, but with proper health care and early detection your chances of survival will be much improved. Please see your dentist at least once a year for an oral cancer exam, the life you save may be your own!!
Congratulations to B. Armstrong of Yonkers, New York Winner of our February T. V. Drawing
Mr. Armstrong was the lucky winner of our March T. V. drawing. At our request, Mr. Armstrong called us on April 15th and told us the set was delivered to him that day.
We had over 900 members that entered the drawing for March and we wish to thank each and every one of you.
Enjoy The New Look of Savon
After months and months of work we finally have the new phase of savondentalplan.com up and running. Besides the new look of the site, we have added a few new features.
- Email Contact Support from the Contact Us page
- Site Overviews on the the header of the pages
- Improved Provider Search Engine
These are the main changes in phase one. Below is a list of features that will be incorporated into the site in the very near future:
- You will have the ability to rate the providers and provide your comments
- Sound and animation will be available on all important pages
- You will have the ability to manage your account on line (i.e.: Change - Address - Name - Phone - etc.)
- Savon Partners Page - Helpful links to dental and health related sites
- Savon Business Partners Page - Links to Businesses that offer discounts to Savon members
Please use your browser to bookmark this site and check back often.
We need people who like would like to play in a golf tournament:
We are in the beginning stages of putting together a charity golf tournament. We are trying to plan it for the fall of this year.
If you are interested in playing or helping with this event, please contact our Director of Sales and Marketing: Ms. Meri Osborne. We need all the help we can get to make this tournament a success.
Savon says Thank You to Gecko Technologies:
We would like to take a small portion of this newsletter and say a great big THANK YOU to Mr. B. Soaré of Gecko Technologies Corp. for the long and arduous hours that he and his company put in on this website.
Mr. Soaré has been like an orchestra leader making sure that all the pieces of the site came together and that everything works in harmony.
There are a lot of "computer programmers" and "graphic designers" out there and we have dealt with plenty of them. Our experience with Gecko Technologies Corp. has been way beyond what one should expect. If you need any type of computer programming done, we strongly recommend Gecko Technologies Corp.
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