Giving thanks this holiday season

With Thanksgiving almost upon us, it's a great time to ask ourselves what we're thankful for. With our friends and family around us, we celebrate the blessings given to us in the past year. Our staff at the orthodontic practice of Dr. Philip Badalamenti thought we'd ask: What are you thankful for this holiday season? Do you have any Thanksgiving wishes you would like to share?

Dr. Badalamenti and our entire team would like to wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving. It’s a big food holiday, so be careful what you eat with those braces! If you have any stories or photos to share with us, we’d encourage you to send them along or post them on our Facebook page!

Does Dr. B have your current contact info?

Are you having a great week so far? Well, if you've seen the news, you probably know there is nasty weather ahead this fall and winter in Michigan and across the Midwest.

Please help Dr. Badalamenti and our staff get prepared by calling us and letting us know if you have any new phone numbers or if your contact information has changed!

At times of power outages and inclement weather, we need to be able to get a hold of you. Please call us with any updates to phone numbers and addresses, so we may be able to reach you. Thank you and Happy Holidays from Dr. B and our entire staff!

How do we reward our patients?

Happy Veteran's Day! Recently, Dr. Badalamenti and our team were asked, "Are you giving your patients a reason to smile by offering holiday promotions?"

Yes, in fact!

We offer promotions throughout the year, and our most recent was during the beginning of the school year. It encouraged our patients to schedule during a time when they were in the mode of school schedules. We appreciated the extra efforts our patients made to keep their orthodontic treatment on track!

One thing we just finished was our Halloween candy buy back. We gave our patients $2.00 per pound of candy, and then $1.00 per pound was also donated to charity. The candy was distributed locally to county agencies to give to those who would appreciate it. We thank everyone who participated, and we had 61 pounds of candy brought to us for the buy back!

Another way we reward our patients is through a grading system in our office for brushing, as well as offering incentives for great brushing and taking good care of the appliances. This is our "ORTHO BUCKS" program. Patients can then trade in their earned ortho bucks for various gift cards.

We also encourage our patients to continue regular visits to their general dentist. This is our "CLEANING SPECTACULAR" program. Every 3 months we do a drawing for a prize for both our patient, and their hygienist.

Encouraging great oral hygiene is a priority in our office. We want those newly straightened teeth to be "sparkly, bright"!

And the winners are...

Here are the results of our Pumpkin Contest! We had 11 categories: best dressed, best eyes, best hair, best lips, best smile, class clown, cutest couple, most artistic, most athletic, most likely to fly away and scariest. Great job, everyone!



(Best dressed)




(Best eyes)



(Best hair)



(Best lips)



(Best smile)



(Class clown)


(Cutest couple)



(Most artistic)



(Most athletic)



(Most likely to fly away)



(Scariest)

Dr. Badalamenti's Halloween Candy Buy Back

We are now offering to buy back your unwanted and "non-ortho friendly" candy! During office hours Monday, November 1st through Friday, November 5th, you and your friends can stop by with your wrapped candy!

For every pound of candy you turn in, we will give you $2.00, and donate another $1.00 to a charity!

You can still enjoy some of the candy you receive from Trick or Treating. Plain chocolate, Reeses cups and regular potato chips (crunched carefully, of course), are all okay for you to snack on.

As always, it is very important to brush your teeth thoroughly after you indulge ... this goes for everyone, not just brace-wearers!! Happy Monday!