July 2006 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 word or phrase for July is pharyngeal
Quote of the Month: You must be willing to attempt the ridiculous in order to achieve the impossible.
Savon's set to unveil NEW SENIOR MAINTENANCE PLAN:
ATTENTION SENIORS: You have been asking us for years if we had a special plan for seniors. Starting August 1st we will be marketing our SENIOR MAINTENANCE PLAN.
This plan will be available for anyone over the age of 55 and will be a MAINTENANCE ONLY plan. The membership fee will be much lower and the schedule of benefits will be limited. This plan is designed for those of you that have all of your major dental work done or have denture and only need routine dental care.
The cost for this plan will be $39.00 per year for a single and $69.00 per year for a double. There will be a one time $15.00 processing fee with each new application.
Savon has rolled out its FREE Prescription Discount Card:
Our new prescription discount card is now available and is systematically being mailed to all members.. This card is FREE TO ALL MEMBERS and gives you a 10 to 65% discount on your prescriptions. The card will be sent out with every new membership and renewal packet. If you are not up for renewal yet you can download the card by clicking this link. This is a discount card and not insurance so you have no claim forms or paperwork to fill out. Simply present your card when you pay for your prescription and you will get your discount right on the spot.
Savon wants to give you FREE money:
When you receive your new member or renewal packet you will find a letter and 2 brochures enclosed. Please read the letter carefully. Simply hand out the brochures to anyone that you know that needs a dental plan. Savon will send you a check in an amount of $22.25 to $59.50 (depending on the size of the plan), for every new member that joins from your brochure. Full details of this program are in your renewal packet. If you are not up for renewal yet and want to get in on the program, simply call the Customer Care Center or email them by using the Contact Us link.
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 about 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!!
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