Facebook "Win with Vinson" Game

Attention all patients and parents! Please visit our facebook page...go to http://www.vinsonorthodontics.com/ and click our facebook icon. Select the "Win with Vinson" and follow the instructions to get an entry form to register to win one of THREE IPOD NANO's with an iWatch!! Once you get the entry form you can read how you can increase your chances of winning.

If you don't have a facebook account, please leave your name at our front desk and we will put your name on an entry forms.

Me Fine Foundation Mud Run/ Timberjack Challenge October 1, 2011

GOT MUD? Vinson Orthodontics is a proud supporter of the Me Fine Foundation. We will participate as a team in the Me Fine Foundation Mud Run on October 1st, 2011. This is NOT a typical road race. The course covers nearly 40 acres of custom built obstacles that will test strength, endurance, team spirit and fitness level..all in the mud!

We challenge YOU to get a few friends together and join us in this event. You can visit http://www.mefinemudrun.com/ to register!! Let us know if you register....respond to us on our facebook page at http://www.vinsonorthodontics.com/.

Happy Mother's Day 2011!!

We would like to thank all of our mothers and grandmothers at Vinson Orthodontics! You make it all possible...thank you for allowing us to create beautiful smiles for your children.

Please check out our Mother's Day Video 2011...you might find yourself in it!!!http://video214.com/play/3VCiKSJwRLMdW6qsP4dXAQ/s/dark

April is National Facial Protection Month This month several professional organizations(dental specialists) including The American Association of Orthodontists are recognizing April as "National Facial Protection Month". Their message is clear: avoid sports injuries by wearing protective equipment. It seems that the first step to facial protection is just putting on your gear. This is directed towards all active individuals including children, parents, weekend warriors and professional athletes. From skateboarding to rollerblading, baseball to volleyball, karate to gymnastics, downhill skiing to bicycling, all sports are contact sports. From face shields, to eye shields, dental specialists advocate wearing protective gear to save face. The top 10 ways to save face: 1. wear mouth guards for any contact sport 2.wear a helmet 3.wear protective eyewear 4. wear a face shield 5. be aware of family pets (each year roughly 44,000 people incur face injuries from dog bites) 6. buckle up with seatbelts and carseats 7. keep babies and toddlers safe 8. be alert...as a spectator, keep an eye out for foul baseballs, soaring hockey pucks, etc. 9. use common sense 10. to learn more visit www.braces.org, www.aaoms.org, www.aapd.org. Vinson Orthodontics provides all of our patients participating in these sports with mouthguards!! Please be sure to ask when you are in for your next appointment if you need one!!!

Vinson Orthodontics Scholarship Program 2011 The Vinson Orthodontics Scholarship Program awards an annual non-renewable $500 scholarship. Applicants must be current patients or have completed orthodontic treatment at Vinson Orthodontics. Applications will be accepted from present or previous patients planning to attend or attending an institution of higher learning for at least one year. If you are eligible and interested, please email us at scholarships@vinsonorthodontics.com to request information and an application. Deadline is June 10, 2011!!

Contest Game Winners

Congratulations to our "BRRR...it's been cold" patient contest winner Lissi M!! She will enjoy shopping online with those many extra rewards points! Congrats!

We would also like to congratulate our Lou Malnetti's Parent contest winner Carla T! She is the lucky winner of the gift certificate to Lou Malnati's. They have the best Chicago style pizza in the world!!

Don't forget to participate in our newest games when you come in for your next visit! We will be interested in "How you Dee Dr. V"!

Vinson Orthodontics Skating Party February 24, 2011

We would like to thank our many patients and family members who attended our patient and family appreciation event at InterSKATE in Clayton on February 24th! It was a fantastic evening of skating, pizza and lots of giveaways. Our prizes included ipods, itunes gift cards, movie passes and a $100 cash prize (congrats Eric)! We would like to congratulate our many patient winners! Our parent prize winner received a gift certificate to Spartans, a one of a kind bowling and dining experience in Raleigh! Please check out our facebook page for our photos. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!