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◄ Back to What´s New At Savon - Monthly Newsletter Home Page July 2024 NewsletterWhat´s New at Savon
Quote Of The Month: “I‘m a July girl. I was born with my heart on my sleeve, a fire in my soul, and a mouth I can‘t control.” – Anonymous Congratulations To: To Your Health With Jourdin Hendershot: Sleep Better
If you have questions you would like to discuss with Jourdin, feel free to drop her an email by clicking here. Mississippi Mud Potatoes
While potatoes are cooking, fry and drain the meat and set it aside to cool. Slice potatoes in half lenghtwise. Scoop the insides into a large bowl and discard the skins. Mash potatoes then stir in sour cream and mayonnaise. Stir mixture until smooth and combined. Place potato mixture in the fridge and chill for about 10–15 minutes. (This helps prevent the casserole from being runny.) Meanwhile, grease a 9 x 13 baking dish with butter or a nonstick spray. Adust the oven to 350 degrees. Stir shredded cheese and green onion into the chilled potato mixture and season it with salt and pepper. Transfer the mixture into the baking dish and spread it into an even layer. Bake until hot and bubbling around the edges, about 30 mintues. If desired, broil the last 2 to 3 minutes to brown cheese. Serve immediately while warm and melty Enjoy! And remember, if it looks and smells good, eat it!!
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Dental Talk - A Member Blog Forum:
These are just a few of the topics. Our blog site contains many other interesting topics. Please join us!! Questions From Our MembersT. Drakeman of San Diego, California asks:“My dentist informed me that I needed a crown lengthening. What is it and why do it need it? Why don't they just make the crown longer to start with?” Savon’s AnswerThe dental terminology for the procedure is “Clinical Crown Lengthening”. This is a common surgical procedure and is usually performed by a periodontal surgeon who removes gum tissue, bone or both to expose more of a tooth.Clinical Crown lengthening is done when a tooth needs to be repaired with either a filling or a crown and not enough of the tooth sticks out above the gum to support either. This can happen if a tooth breaks off at the gum line or when a crown or filling falls out of a tooth and there is decay underneath. To place a filling or crown they need to expose more of the tooth. This is done by removing some gum tissue or bone. If the tooth needs a crown, the dentist may put on a temporary crown, (this is where the patient may think that the crown was made too short). The temporary crown protects the tooth and makes surgery easier because the periodontist will be able to see how much soft tissue or bone to remove. The area should heal in about three months. After it is healed, your dentist will prepare the tooth again and make the final crown. Tooth Talk With Tommy The Wisdom Tooth Periodontal Therapy Guidelines Are ‘Outdated’ And Need FixingA direct reprint of an article by Melissa Busch of DrBiscuspid.com
In 2015, the ADA released nonsurgical guidelines for periodontal therapy that were supposed to be updated five years later. Nearly twice as much time has passed and neither the ADA nor the American Academy of Periodontology have made updates. In 2020, the European Federation of Periodontology published clinical practice guidelines for stage I through stage III periodontitis and for stage IV periodontitis in 2022. However, the existing guidelines are good references for those in academics but may be difficult for dentists to use to make decisions in clinical practice. Both sets of guidelines fail in that they don‘t emphasize the need for continuous and thorough reevaluation of the patient‘s response to periodontal therapy, the authors wrote. Furthermore, a vital evaluation of long–term periodontal therapy outcomes and a recommendation for advanced therapy, when needed, will circumvent poor treatment that often results in unnecessary bone and tooth loss, they wrote. Updated guidance should echo those in clinical medicine and most dental specialties, the authors wrote. “Such guidelines are necessary for the proper care of patients and to avoid inadequate periodontal therapy,” Harrel and coauthor Dr. Charles Cobb, MS, PhD, wrote. Until next time; brush, floss and keep smiling! Work Is On–going On The Schedule Of Benefits That Is Set To Go Into Effect In Late Fall of 2024We are well into the process of examining the surveys for the updated Schedule of BenefitsThe last update to the Schedule of Benefits was April of 2023. We worked very hard to keep the fees that you pay for dental care as low as possible and we are confident that the plan has stayed true to our mission statement; “To provide quality and timely dental care at a price that is fair and reasonable to the member and the dentist.” The next examination of the Schedule of Benefits will be sometime in 2026. Thank you for your continued trust in Savon Dental Plan and rest assured that we will continue to work hard to protect that trust. |
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