Bedtime Routine Troubles?

While we may not like to watch Barney, who isn't thankful for the "clean-up song?" The same musical motivation that miraculously makes your child pick up a messy room can help with brushing at bedtime. We picked two of the best for you!

Brushing

(to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")

Here's my toothpaste
Here's my brush
I won't hurry, I won't rush.
Working hard to keep teeth clean
Front and back and in between
When I brush for quite a while
I will have a happy smile.

The Toothbrush Song

(to the tune of "Row,Row, Row Your Boat")

Brush, brush, brush your teeth
Brush them everyday.
We put toothpaste on our brush
To help stop tooth decay.

Floss, floss, floss your teeth.
Floss them every day!
Using the string to clean between
Keeps the plaque away!

Clean, clean, clean your teeth.
Clean them every day!
Your teeth will sparkle for years to come
In the most beautiful way!

Brush, brush, brush your teeth.
Brush them every day!
Happy, healthy teeth you'll have
If it's done this way.

Appointment Reminder Improvements

Greetings once again. We have arrived...after much searching and gnashing of teeth (so to speak). We can finally confirm appointments and communicate with our patients via email and text messaging. Every teenager in America can do it, and now we can too. And it all happened so quickly once I found the right person. Thanks Allen from Lighthouse PLZ!

Allen has a very neat story, and you can read all about it on his company's web site. While you are there you can get a preview of our new recall campaign by checking out some of our samples.

Let's face it, life today moves at the speed of a computer binary codex and it's hard to keep track of it all. So our goal is to help you along a little. With the help of this computer-generated program, we can rely on e-mails, texts, and/or post cards to confirm an appointment or alert you it's time to schedule.

We can send you an email to remind you to write down the appointment you made while at our office but didn't have your calender in front of you. We can e-mail you several weeks before your appointment, so you can reschedule if a conflict has arisen. And we can e-mail you a few days out, so you can put some dental floss on your finger, so you won't forget. You'll also get an e-mail the morning of your appointment. And if we don't hear from you, we can text you (or your teenager) one hour before the appointment. And for your birthday.....well, we won't spoil the surprise.

Now all we need is your e-mail. Click here to contact us. Or call us up. Or if you forget do those things (remember how busy your life is and your child is being a little too quiet as you read this blog), when you get the postcard reminding you about your appointment, it will also remind you to give us your e-mail address. AIN'T TECHNOLOGY GREAT!

Going Chartless in 2008!

Wow! Where did January go? I haven't even become accustomed to writing 2008 in the date field, and we're already a month in!

The big new change at Myers Pediatric Dentistry is that we are now operating with a computer system that allows us to be chartless. We can chart, record information, treatment plan, and photograph all from the computer now. We keep pressing forward for better ways to track information, add efficiency, and add value to our services and this is just the latest development.

In the short run, however, it does just the opposite. We are troubleshooting so many minor issues and developing new systems built around the power of the computer system. I am so not the IT whiz, and I know we are in trouble when I am handling all the glitches and network problems throughout the day. We are still in the process of sorting out the glitches, but we are very lucky to have such understanding, excited patients and parents as well as a very flexible and tolerant staff.

So if you are reading this and you are a patient, have one of us show off our new technology next time you are in for a visit. And if you are reading this and you are not yet a patient, I can't wait to show you how cool our new programs work together to make sure you get in and out on time and how we take care to prepare you and your child for a lifetime of cavity free living and easy dental visits. :)