Win an Ipad OR a $500 Apple Gift Card!

Have you been drooling over the new Apple Ipad...or maybe there is some other shiny Apple gadget that's caught your eye.  Now's your chance to enter and win a FREE APPLE 16 GB IPAD with WI-FI OR a $500 Apple Gift Certificate!  Keep reading for details on this exciting contest and how YOU can earn up to 15 entries...

Here’s how to enter:

Become a FAN by “Liking” our Facebook Page = 1 Entry
Existing Facebook Fans are already eligible and automatically have 1 Entry! Be sure to CLAIM YOUR ENTRY by posting "In it to win it" on the Stewart and Labbe Orthodontics Face Book Page or drop an email to seemysmile@stewartandlabbe.com.
 
Follow our Blog = 1 Entry
 
*Pick the office you visit the most and write a review on our Yahoo or Google listing! Just click and follow the link:
 
(Don't worry...will also be adding Bing as an option.  Be sure and check back early next week...)
 
Write a review for our Annapolis office on Yahoo or Google! = 2 Entries
Write a review for our Crofton office on Yahoo or Google! = 2 Entries
Write a review for our Greenbelt office on Yahoo or Google! = 2 Entries
Write a review for our Bowie office on Yahoo or Google! = 2 Entries
 
*Feel like having some Fun?  Post a video testimonial to our Facebook Page and get 3 Entries!
 
Want to share the Fun?  Refer a friend to Stewart & Labbe Orthodontics.  If they come in for a New Patient Consultation before 1/16/11, you get 5 Entries!! 

(Remember our Care to Share Program too...earn Wahoos AND $$ too!)
 
Don't forget:

Upon entering the contest, please be sure to email seemysmile@stewartandlabbe.com to have your entries verified and tallied.  Entries for this contest will be accepted from 11/24/10 – 1/16/11.  Winner will be announced on 1/18/11 via our Facebook Page. Limit of 15 entries per person.  Winner MUST be or have been a patient or parent of a patient of Stewart and Labbe Orthodontics.
 
The winner will have 2 weeks (until 2/1/11) to claim the prize.  If the prize is not claimed, another winner will be drawn (same rules will apply).

If you have any questions, please send a message via Facebook or email seemysmile@stewartandlabbe.com. 

*We ask that you please refrain from posting any negative reviews or testimonials.  If you have a complaint regarding Stewart and Labbe Orthodontics, please let us know.  We promise that we will do all that we can to address it. You can email nikkid@stewartandlabbe.com OR call 888.828.8558.
 
Winner will have their choice of a 16 GB Apple Ipad with Wi-Fi OR a $500 Gift Certificate to Apple.  No substitutions. 
 
Great Luck!!

FUNNY!

Happy Halloween to Ghouls and Goblins!
Have a safe and fun time...
Don't forget to smile!!

Here's a little something to get your weekend started... enjoy!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Ghosts and Ghouls, Princesses and Pirates!

Halloween is coming! Halloween is coming! Such an exciting time...so pull out those costumes, get your cobwebs hung and prepare yourself for yet another spookalicious good time!

It seems like every year there are more and more interesting things to do for Halloween. It really has become a HUGE holiday! So what are your plans for this ghostly day? Haunted House perhaps? What about a fun hayride? Whatever it is, we want you to be safe and have fun!

PLEASE remember to stay away from anything sticky, chewy or gummy and take care of those teeth. Also, on Friday, October 29th, ANY patient that comes into either our Greenbelt, Crofton or Bowie office with a costume on will get 10 WaBOOS! Come on down and join in the fun.

Click HERE to read a great article from About.com listing some of the goings ons in our area for Halloween.

If you have other ideas of what to do during this festive time, please post them below.

Have a great rest of the week and don’t forget to SMILE SMILE SMILE!

A Great Celebration!

Hello Bloggers! I hope that all is well with you…
Can you believe that the fall time is finally here?! All the kids are back in school, the leaves are already starting to change, and the weather is perfect for sleeping with the windows wide open!
Time sure does fly…case in point…our Annapolis Office has now been open for almost 6 months! So…I think that it is official now…don’t you? We had one more party just to be sure. This time with many of the Dentists that we work with! It was a ton of fun!

We sure do hope that your fall is a great one! Stay safe and don’t forget to smile lots.

If you would like to see some pictures of the celebration, please click on the picture below.

BACK TO SCHOOL....ALREADY?

Can you believe how fast the summer flew by? The first day of school is here already! Well…all of us at Stewart and Labbe Orthodontics wish you a very safe and happy school year.

Here are some important links to help you out:

Anne Arundel County Public School Website

Prince George’s County Public School Website

A great article on how to have fun at school

Free templates for school calendars

Homework Helper

So go and have fun this year....whether it is your first, seventh, last or whatever…make the most of it! Remember to smile and put your very best foot forward.

We are proud of all of our students and can’t wait to hear all about your new school year!

Here’s a little something to make you giggle too…do you remember this?

Stewart and Labbe New Annapolis Office Open House Party!

On Thursday, August 12th, we had our first official party at the New Annapolis Office! What a great night this was! The Drs., the Staff and our patients had a fantastic time.

After watching the weather all day long and doing plenty of “ant-rain” dances, we lucked out! Sure there were a few showers in the beginning, but we ended up with some blue skies. Then, right when the party was over and the DJ had played his last song, the rain came down HARD! No one seemed to mind at that time.

The food at the party was unbelievable. I am a HUGE fan of good food and Harborque definitely delivered. They have location in Baltimore and if you like great BBQ, then is worth checking out.

We had such a good turn out…despite the threat of bad weather… and it was such a fun night. Music was playing and the dance floor was packed.

After such a successful event, we hope to have m ore parties like this in the future. It was fun to chill out with our patients and a perfect way to spend a summer night.

Click on the picture below to see the pictures!

YUCK!? The GROSS Truth about Morning Breath!

Well doesn’t this article just want to make you brush your teeth…again and again and again. Written by Howard Bennett for “KidsPost”, it gives some insight as to why we all get “morning breath”. Don’t knock anyone over trying to get to the sink to freshen up tomorrow morning. Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Monday, June 28, 2010
It's a cozy Sunday morning as you sneak into your parents' bedroom for some snuggle time. You carefully slip between your mom and dad, feeling the warmth of their bodies. Then your mom turns over, smiles gently and pulls you close for a little kiss. However, instead of the inviting smell you normally associate with your mom, you are enveloped in the foulest breath that has ever left a human body!
How could someone who looks so good on the outside smell so bad on the inside? When you complain about your mom's breath, she tries to convince you that yours is just as bad. You're sure she's wrong. After all, when you exhale into your hands and sniff, your breath smells fine.
Is your mom right? Does your morning breath smell just as bad as hers? If it does, whose idea was it to turn the human mouth into a garbage can after a night of blissful sleep?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but your mom is right. It's a fact that people are unable to smell their own breath.
The human mouth is home to billions of bacteria. These microscopic organisms don't make you sick, but they grow like weeds on every structure in your mouth: tongue, teeth, gums, cheeks, etc. And like all living things, bacteria produce waste products. It is their waste products that give your parents (and you) such horrible breath in the morning.
People can have bad breath during the day as well, but something happens at night that makes the problem much worse when you wake up. Because you don't eat or drink when you sleep, huge numbers of bacteria that would normally be washed down your throat have the opportunity to "party" til dawn. And as those bacteria gorge themselves and reproduce, they foul the air around them.
However, instead of being mad at these invisible fiends, you should pity them. As soon as you wake up, eat breakfast and brush your teeth, most of them will be swallowed and killed by the acids in your stomach.
-- Howard Bennett

Howard Bennett, a Washington pediatrician and author of health-related books for kids, writes about gross things for KidsPost