We’ve all heard the common phrase “milk can build strong bones!” But what does it really mean for your dental health? Seeing as this Saturday, January 11th is National Milk Day, we wanted to take a deeper dive into the world of milk. Join us as we answer questions regarding milk, calcium, and your teeth!
What types of Food contain Calcium?
As we all know, a healthy diet of balanced nutritious food is key to a healthy life. This includes our oral health! According to the ADA, the three most common nutrients needed to build healthy bones and teeth are Calcium, Phosphorous, and Vitamin D. Some Calcium-containing foods are broccoli, cabbage, oranges, salmon, beans, and of course dairy products like yogurt, cheese, and milk.
How is Milk Good for My Teeth?
In recent studies, findings have observed that drinking milk can actually help to prevent tooth decay and help strengthen tooth enamel. More specifically, research has shown that milk and dairy products contain a protein called Casein. When combined with calcium and phosphorus, casein creates a protective protein film over the enamel surface of the tooth. This has the ability to reduce the risk of tooth decay and increase enamel strength!
How Much Milk Should I Be Drinking?
Overall, it’s more important to be intaking a certain amount of calcium in your diet – and not all necessarily from milk. But when it comes down to it, the easiest way to make sure you are getting enough calcium is by having 3 servings of dairy products per day according to the American Heart Association.
The benefits of drinking milk are not limited to just healthy teeth but also a healthy body. When combined with a nutritious diet full of vitamins and minerals, drinking milk can ultimately lead to lower caries, less chance of tooth loss, and stronger tooth enamel. As always, if you have any questions regarding your oral health and wish to speak to a medical professional, please contact our doctors by filling out our online form or email us at info@lanedds.com.
Written by: Kaitlin Painter, Digital Marketing & Content Manager
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At the beginning of the year, we all take stock of what resolutions we want to invest in. Whether it be healthy changes, organizational changes, or even small steps to be kinder to ourselves. An amazing resolution that many of our patients take advantage of is to invest in orthodontics for a straighter smile.
Top 3 Reasons to Straighten Your Teeth:
Aesthetic Reasons
Oral Health
Improve your Bite & Help improve your Sleep
Straighter Teeth Give Better First Impressions
Aesthetically, straighter teeth are not only more appealing but also instill a greater amount of confidence. Studies show that 29% of first impressions in adults are due to a person’s smile and straighter teeth are considered a major strength. If you check out the image below from a study through Invisalign, straighter smiles lead to higher employment rates, salaries, more likely to attract a partner on dating sites, and even considered friendlier or happier people.
Straighter Teeth Lead to Better Overall Health
Another important reason to straighten teeth is to improve your overall oral health. Crowding and spacing issues can lead to plaque buildup since the teeth are harder to keep clean. If the floss is unable to reach certain areas the buildup could potentially lead to cavities and gum issues later in life. The American Dental Association even states that “correcting the problem can create a nice-looking smile, but more importantly, orthodontic treatment results in a healthier mouth.”
According to the ADA, not correcting an abnormal bite could result in further oral health problems, including:
tooth decay
gum disease
tooth loss
affected speech and/or chewing
abnormal wear to tooth enamel
jaw problems
Straighter Teeth Can Help With Sleep
Last but not least, straightening your teeth this New Year can also help improve your bite and reduce your risk for sleep apnea. Those with a large overbite or improper jaw alignment can sometimes cause obstructive sleep apnea. If a patient’s sleep apnea is caused by an orthodontic issue in the mouth, such as an overbite, then braces or oral appliances can help correct this issue gradually over time.
Overall, investing in a straighter smile by utilizing orthodontics like Invisalign can not only improve your confidence but also improve your overall health. If you would like to speak to one of our dentists or orthodontists, contact Lane & Associates at the form below or schedule a free orthodontic consultation to see what our team can do for your smile!
Written by: Kaitlin Painter, Digital Marketing & Content Manager
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Happy 2020 from Lane DDS!
We are so elated that 2020 is finally arriving not only because this is the start of a New Year but also because we are celebrating 40 years in business!! Dr. and Mrs. Lane started their first practice in 1980. Lane & Associates has since grown to over 30 general practices with 10 specialty locations! We are proud to say that we employ over 450 amazing dental professionals in North Carolina including over 60 doctors.
It is amazing to see how far we’ve come in the last 40 years and the incredible relationships we’ve been able to develop with our patients. Some of our patients have been with us since day one & we thank you for the loyalty you’ve shown us. We are also incredibly thankful to be a part of so many communities throughout North Carolina & consistently give back through volunteer work, sponsorships, & so much more.
Again, thank you to all of our friends and family in the dental community and beyond. We are incredibly thankful to be apart of your lives.
Happy 2020! Let’s make this the best year yet!
Written by: Kaitlin Painter, Digital Marketing & Content Manager
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Did you know your FSA can cover select Dental Services? Find out more about FSA options below.
7 Ways to Spend Your FSA
1. Dental Cleanings: Be sure to stop in for your routine cleaning every 6 months. What better way to use your FSA dollars! Ask about FREE Whitening at Lane & Associates Family Dentistry. 2. Orthodontics: Braces and the always loved Invisalign are great treatments to consider when using your allowance. Perfect for dental imperfections and creating a healthy smile. 3. Oral Surgery: Need your wisdom teeth removed? Schedule an oral surgery consult today! Oral surgery can help correct many other dental injuries, ailments, and conditions. 4. Crowns/Caps: This is a form of dental restoration that is meant to replace cracked or broken teeth by placing an artificial crown (also known as a cap) to restore the shape of the tooth below the gum line. 5. Dentures: Both full and partial dentures used to replace false teeth are eligible expenses, as well as the cleaning supplies, sealants and other accessories needed to wear them comfortably. 6. Fillings: If a tooth has a cavity or has experienced some type of trauma, fillings are used to strengthen the tooth with restorative materials to repair it. 7. Sealants: These sealants act as a barrier against cavities that are placed in the grooves of chewing surfaces to prevent tooth decay.
If you are interested in using your FSA dollars before time runs out, call Lane & Associates today & schedule your dental appointment.
Written by: Alicia Wilson, Social Media Manager & Marketing Associate
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Join us at our New Raleigh Dental Office
Lane & Associates is proud to announce our new Raleigh dental office off of Capital Blvd! This office is particularly convenient for our Raleigh patients who live near Triangle Towne Center. Our new Raleigh location offers all of your family’s dental needs. From our Child’s First Dental visit program to Free Teeth Whitening!
Where is the new Lane & Associates Capital Blvd Office Located?
Our new Raleigh dental office is located in the Shops at Plantation Square near I-540 and Triangle Towne Center. Previously where the Reintgen Dentistry office was located. Our new address and phone number are listed below.
Our Raleigh Capital Blvd Team is ready to meet you!
How do you schedule an appointment as a New Patient?
To schedule your appointment at our Raleigh Capital Blvd office please fill out our online appointment request form. Our office is also open Monday through Friday 8 am – 5 pm. Give us a call at (919) 981-7363 today!
What if I am a Current Lane & Associates Patient?
If you are a current patient and wish to be transferred to this new location, please contact our office. Our office hours are from 8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. Currently, we see patients on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Dr. Megan Hayworth and Dr. Shadan Yassine cannot wait to meet you!
Ever wondered what fun it is to be apart of the Lane & Associates family? Well here’s an inside scoop at our Annual Family Day which typically happens every Fall or Winter for the entire company. As part of the marketing department, I have a behind-the-scenes look at just how much work, planning, and creativity goes into each Family Day celebration.
What is “Family Day”?
Well, I’m glad you asked! Each year Lane & Associates and NCOSO’s Corporate team get together to plan an extravagant Employee Appreciation day for our employees and their families. We give away prizes ranging from Amazon Gift cards to Free Vacation Days to Trips to destinations like Italy! There is also a Cash Jar for employees and their family members to write their name on a dollar bill (or multiple bills) and whoever’s bill is picked from the jar wins the entire pot.
We truly believe the spirit surrounding Family Day is to bring everyone in the company together for fun and fellowship – games, food, prizes, our Doctor Bake-off, kids prizes, and tons of entertainment. It’s an event you wouldn’t want to miss!
This year our company Family Day was held outdoors on November 9th, a beautiful sunny Saturday at Phillips Farms in Cary. This is no ordinary farm though. Phillips Farms is filled to the brim with activities for the entire family and they have a knack for repurposing farming equipment into games that is one for the ages. Take a look at this musical instrument station that used to be farm tools and this seesaw made of John Deere parts.
Phillips Farms Tractor slide and SeesawPhillips Farm equipment repurposed as Instruments
About Phillips Farms
This Cary farm also offers different produce and adventures throughout the seasons. For example, this winter they will be selling Christmas Trees at the farm. They also offer Strawberry Picking in the summer and an adorable Pumpkin patch in the Fall. On top of that, this is a family-owned and operated farm. As sponsors of their Family Fun park, Lane & Associates is happy to collaborate and support another fantastic local business.
Our 2019 Family Day Theme
Now back to Family Day. This year we decided our theme would be geared more towards Fall and Thanksgiving due to the timing of the event and our marketing team came up with the idea to give each employee (and their family members) a Hoodie with our family day logo! Check out this family sporting their matching hoodies while feeding the fish at the pond.
Family wearing matching Family Day hoodiesFacepainting at Family Day
Activities at Family Day 2019
After all 400+ employees and their families checked in, there were activities like the Corn Maze, human foosball, a haunted house (for the brave ones out there), Wagon ride, Cow Train, Pumpkin slingshot, Candy Cannon and more! Some of the little ones loved wading through the corn kernels and pretending it was a ball pit while also getting photos with characters that we brought in. Here’s a photo of one lucky little man with Peppa Pig! We also had Spider-Man sliding down the slides, some Minions up to no good, and Ninja Turtles roaming around near the pizza truck.
Peppa Pig
Minions
Ninja Turtles
For the rest of us kids (and let’s face it, we’re all kids at heart) there were activities like the inflatable jumping pillows, race cars, a photo booth, feeding the goats, carnival games, and even the Pumpkin slingshot. Not gonna lie, the pumpkin slingshot was a favorite of mine. I didn’t go through the haunted clown house but I heard it was creepy and thrilling for those who dared to enter.
The Clown House at Family Day called “Big Top Terror”Our Knightdale office getting their photo at our Photobooth!
Now onto the good stuff…Food!
That’s right. The food at Family Day 2019 consisted of 7 amazing food trucks from around the area. We had BBQ, sweet potato fries, tacos, arepas, dumplings, hotdogs, pizza…you name it! The farm also had its Ice Cream station for each attendee and a Kettlecorn station for every family to get a bag full of delicious popcorn. Yum!
Speaking of yum, our Doctors had a pretty sweet competition going on during the event as well. We had 13 doctors enter our Doctor Bake-Off for a chance at winning one of three cash prizes. Random employees were picked to be our Bake-off Judges and given two pennies to place in jars next to their top two choices. Our winners were…
Each doctor received a cash prize and a custom wooden spoon with their prize place listed. Check out those winning smiles!
Our 2019 Family Day Doctor Bake-off Winners
Our doctors were kind enough to share their recipes with us below but, of course, they kept a few winning secrets to themselves. Click on the photos to see an enlarged recipe. Thank you to all of our doctors who participated this year!
Prizes at Family Day
You saw me mention a few prizes earlier but I wanted to highlight the other amazing prizes for this year’s drawings. We had gift card drawings for restaurants, Starbucks, Target, TJMaxx, Home Depot, Spa Finder, Kohls, and many many more. There were also themed gift baskets like our Date Night basket, Girls Night Out basket, and even a Spa Gift Basket. The gift card tree is shown below and our Spa basket winner took a shot of her goodies for us as well!
We gave away a ton of incredible electronic gifts like iPads, Airpods, and even some amazing kitchen gadgets like Ninja Food processors and KitchenAid Blenders. The final prizes were our Grand Prize giveaways in which two lucky winners received trips: one prize was a Trip for 4 on a Carribean Cruise & the other was a Trip for 2 to Rome!
We are Family
Talk about a lucky group of employees. I feel very privileged to be involved with a company like Lane & Associates Family Dentistry that truly gives back to not only the community but also to their employees. Being a part of this company is like no other & I know I’m not alone in saying.. Thank you Dr. & Mrs. Lane for starting and building this company from the ground up. We are all lucky to have you as our leaders.
Dr. and Mrs. Lane enjoying Family Day 2019Sunset on Family Day 2019
Just as an inside scoop…Family Day 2020 will be even better! See you next year!
Written by: Kaitlin Painter | Digital Marketing & Content Manager | marketing@lanedds.com
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Maggy Awards are the yearly awards from Cary Magazine which celebrate the best of the best from your local Cary businesses!
Vote Lane & Associates Family Dentistry as your favorite Cary Dentist by visiting the Maggy Awards page from now until Sept. 27th!
When you vote for the Best of the Best in Raleigh you’ll be automatically entered to win a Friday or Saturday night stay at Renaissance Hotel in North Hills, including breakfast for two at 41Hundred, and a $500 North Hills gift card!!
**Ballots must have at least 15 categories completed to be counted—ballots with fewer than 15 votes will be disqualified.
**One ballot per person and/or per computer, multiples will be disqualified.
Lane & Associates is proud to Sponsor the NC High School Football Friday Night Rivals 2019
This year is back and bigger than ever as the toughest NC high school football teams battle it out to see who will be the Friday Night Rival Champion! Lane & Associates Family Dentistry is proud to be involved in the Friday Night Rivals for two years in a row and is excited to be attending every game during the season.
Lane and Associates’ Smile Squad will be out and about at every game this season to hand out FREE T-shirts, pop-sockets, holographic sunglasses, water bottles, and more! So be sure to stop by our booth for a chance to win even more prizes by spinning our prize wheel or tag us on social media wearing any of our gear!
Use #LAASMILE for a chance to be featured on our social accounts (and maybe win some other fun prizes)!!
September 13, 2019 – Northern Durham at Riverside Durham
September 20, 2019 – Panther Creek at Middle Creek
September 27, 2019 – Terry Sanford at Rolesville
October 4, 2019 – Holly Springs at Garner
October 11, 2019 – Enloe at Broughton High School
October 18, 2019 – Wakefield at Heritage
October 25, 2019 – Cleveland at Clayton
Check out the schedule of upcoming 2019 football games above. Lane & Associates is proud to sponsor this year’s Friday Night Rivals and is looking forward to a great season! See you there!
We are so happy to announce our winners for this year’s VacaywithLAA contest!
The contest was held during July and August & our winner was drawn on Tuesday, August 27th. Our Grand Prize winner won a 3 night stay in an Emerald Isle Beach House during the North Carolina Seafood Festival!
Watch the LIVE Facebook Drawing below!
Grand Prize Winner: William Smith from Hamlet!!
2nd Place Prize Winners:
**For all 2nd Place winners, please pick up your prize package at your home office anytime after Wednesday, September 4th!!**
LANE & ASSOCIATES OFFICES:
Accounting/Corporate – Janice Cabell
Angier – Vera Yornievskay
Biscoe – Donna Harbolt
Cary Green Level – Daniel Eddinger
Cary St. Charles – Tiwanna Nevels
Cary Tryon Rd – Kim Burrell
Clinton – Eddie Sykes
Dunn – Rebecca Mitchell
Durham Broad – Ismael Arocho
Durham Miami – Darren Brand
Erwin – Roxanne Baird
Fayetteville – Jeanette Williams
Fuquay – Jenn Durbal
Garner – Edna Utley
Greensboro – Kim Lester
Hamlet – Paullette Wall
Knightdale – Malaca Wooke
Lillington – Audra & David Hill
Mebane – Rebekah McKinley
Mt. Olive – Troy Woods
North Raleigh – John Donnellan
Pittsboro – Sharon Konowitz
Raleigh Neuse – Gerry Bowles
Raleigh Ridge Rd – Nathaniel Beisson
Raleigh Wake Forest Rd – Calherne Johnson
Roseboro – Bailey Light
Sanford Horner – Rachel Grainge
Sanford Tiffany – Jared Wilke
Southern Pines – Lindsey Simmons
Winston Salem – Irene Tompkins
NCOSO OFFICES:
NCOSO Dunn – Gary Boyette
NCOSO Garner – Karsyn Hudaely
NCOSO Raleigh Ortho – Melina Welch
NCOSO Raleigh Surgical – Cathy Collins
With your help, Lane & Associates was able to raise over $5,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund! Thank you to all of our participants for joining us during this incredible giveaway! You rock!
Be sure to pay attention to our social pages during the month of September for our next giveaway 🙂
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Attention Valued Patients: We are currently experiencing issues with our Wake Forest office phone & internet services.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your patience as we work diligently to resolve the issue. Thank you for your understanding.
For immediate assistance please contact us at info@lanedds.com or chat with us via our website.
Happy Holidays, From Our Family To Yours!
Our offices will be closed from December 24th through December 29th to celebrate the holidays. We’ll be back and ready to assist you on Monday, December 30th.
We wish you a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year!
