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August 2024 Newsletter

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Quote Of The Month:  On back to school: “I can‘t wait to put my brain to the test and see just how much Netflix I can watch during class.”  (Author Unknown)


Congratulations To:

B. Elliott of Prescott, Arizona and S. Winter of Surprise, Arizona  Winners of our July early payment drawings for 1 free additional year of membership.

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone that entered the drawing.


Keeping Fit With Jourdin Hendershot:

5 Common Fitness Saboteurs And How To Defeat Them

Jourdin
Ever have those days where you feel like you‘re never going to reach your goal?  Did you know that even fitness fanatics face the same challenges?

Sometimes we sabotage ourselves by expecting instant results.  Other times the hectic day to day grind of life gets in the way and in some cases, unnecessary comments from other people make us second guess if what we are trying to accomplish is even worth it.

The most important thing to remember is that whatever you are doing as far as your fitness goes, make sure you are doing it for yourself.

No matter how busy your life may be, if you start out and remain committed, you can always find a way to get some sort of exercise worked into your daily routine.

Again, the biggest reason that most of us give up on exercising is that we sabotage ourselves.

Here are the top 5 fitness saboteurs and ways to help battle them:
  1. Stress - Everyone deals with stress whether it is dead lines to make, financial problems, work or even family.  Talking a short walk or a doing a quick work out is the best thing to relive stress.

  2. Unrealistic Expectations – Everyone wants to see quick results after they start a fitness routine.  When people don‘t see a sudden change they decide it‘s not working and give up.  Set realistic goals, don‘t give up, your body needs time to respond to the exercise.

  3. Over training – People believe they have to work out every day so they will see results.  Over working the body decreases performance.  A day or two off is recommended for your body to rest and recover.

  4. The Unexpected - Things don‘t go you as planned for that day.  A lot of people just give up on that day but if you're really committed you can always figure out a new way to get in a workout and I might even help put the rest of the day/evening back on the right track.

  5. Negative Self Talk – We all do it…  “I‘m not seeing results…”  “I‘ll never be fit”.  Negative talk destroys your self-confidence.  Changing your attitude to a positive one you might see better results.
Even though things don‘t always go as planned or you‘re not seeing sudden results, just be happy with what you have accomplished that day, whether it was a quick walk to relief some stress, a simple quick workout because you ran out of time or even a day of rest.  But always remember STAY POSITIVE!!

The above health material is provided as an information service.  It should not be used for diagnostic purposes nor is it intended to take the place of the important relationship between you and your doctor.


In the Kitchen With Patty:

Lemon Butter Baked Shrimp

Patty.
Ingredients
  1. 1 lb of cleaned, peeled and deveined raw shrimp

  2. 4 tbsps (¼ cup) of melted butter

  3. 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped

  4. 2 lemons - 1 squeezed for juice & 1 cut into slices

  5. Salt and pepper to taste

  6. Red pepper flakes (optional

  7. 1 tbsp of dried parsley leaves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  While oven is heating, place your cleaned and prepped shrimp in a single layer in a baking dish.

In a saucepan melt butter over low heat.  Once melted, add garlic and let sizzle for 30 seconds.  Remove from heat and add lemon juice.

Pour mixture over shrimp, add salt and pepper to taste and red pepper flakes.

Toss the shrimp slightly to make sure they are all covered then lay them back out in a single layer and place your lemon slices on top of the shrimp.

Place in oven and bake until shrimp turn pink and become opaque, usually around 9 to 13 minutes.  Avoid overcooking!!

Remove cooked shrimp from the oven and sprinkle with parsley.

Move shrimp into a serving platter and drizzle residual sauce over them.  Serve over rice.

Enjoy!  And remember, if it looks and smells good, eat it!!


spotlight
 

Bright Now! Dental - Avondale, Arizona

Bright Now Dental Center
Our spotlight for August goes to the city of Avondale, Arizona and shines on Bright Now! Dental.

When it comes to choosing the right dentist for you and your family, you can find honest, quality care at Bright Now Dental Avondale.  The staff at Bright Now has been providing quality care to Savon members for over a decade.  If you live in the Avondale area, we invite you to visit them!

The practice is located at 1473 N. Dysart Rd. #105, Avondale, Arizona.  The phone number is (623)925-1331.  We also invite you to visit them on the web.

Say thank you to your dental office for the excellent manner in which you are treated by nominating your dentist!


Fun Facts:

Crazy, Zany Facts We Bet You Didn´t Know

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  • Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.

  • One man set a world record by putting on 260 T–shirts at once.

  • Montpelier, Vermont, is the only U.S. capital without a McDonald‘s.

  • It‘s impossible for you to lick your own elbow.

  • The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.

  • “Schoolmaster” is an anagram of “the classroom.”

  • The sun makes up more than 99 percent of our solar system‘s mass.
Come back for more in next months issue!


Dental Talk - A Member Blog Forum:

Blogging
Come blog with us!  Dental Talk with Savon is a fun forum to post your interesting topics!  Your comments are welcome, it´s free to use and no membership is required.

Some of the topics include;

These are just a few of the topics.  Our blog site contains many other interesting topics.  Please join us!!


Here´s Your Answer

Questions From Our Members

A. Manford of New York, NY asks: 

“I have a tooth with some decay and my dentist said that instead of a composite filling that he wants to do an inlay or onlay.  Can you explain the difference?“

Savon’s Answer

Inlays and onlays are a specific type of dental restoration that restores a tooth by providing additional support without requiring the need to damage or destroy too much of the natural tooth.  It is often recommended as a form of treatment when a patient has a situation where a composite filling won´t provide enough support to properly restore a tooth, but the damage isn´t so bad that it needs a dental crown.

Inlays and onlays are a solid, single piece of porcelain material that fit snuggly onto a tooth that has a hole left by tooth decay.  There is a slight difference between an inlay and onlay.  An inlay is shaped to fit the space that occurs near the center of a tooth, while an onlay is larger and fits over the biting surface or the space between teeth.

A composite filling is a quick, easy tooth restoration process that can be completed in a single office visit.  Dental inlays and onlays are sturdy dental restorations for teeth that have been damaged to much for a composite filling to be sound, but not so damaged they need a dental crown.  The dental inlays and onlays are customized to securely and snugly fit the gap caused by tooth decay.  Since inlays and onlays are created in a dental lab they require two visits to your dentist.

Reply information from Bonham Dental Arts

Tooth Talk With Tommy The Wisdom Tooth

Ladies, Go To Bed.  Your Teeth May Depend On It

A direct reprint of an article by Melissa Busch of drbicuspid.com
Tommy
When it comes to sleep quality and severe periodontitis, it may be great to be man.  Poor sleep quality may be linked to severe gum disease in women in the U.S., according to a large study published in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health.

Additionally, getting up to urinate a few times nightly was notably linked to severe periodontitis in women, the authors wrote.

“The results highlight a significant association between sleep deprivation and severe periodontitis in females but not in males, underscoring the importance of sex–specific considerations in periodontal health,” wrote the authors, led by Rui Pu of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine (J Med, Surg, Public Health, May 20, 2024, Vol. 3, 100114) in China.

The prevalence of periodontitis is high, and its occurrence can be affected by many factors.

To examine the link between sleep and severe periodontitis in adults in the U.S., data from 5,495 people from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey underwent univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. These were conducted before and after adjusting for factors, including age, sex, body mass index, and smoking status.  Also, a stratified sex–based analysis was done to explore potential sex differences between severe periodontitis and sleep, according to the study.

The analysis revealed a significant correlation between the recommended sleep duration of seven to nine hours nightly and the prevalence of severe periodontitis in women (odds ratio [OR] = 0.68, p = 0.003). In women, urinating twice or three times per night was significantly linked to severe gum disease (OR = 1.44, p = 0.011).  This association was more noteworthy in women who urinated at least four times nightly (OR = 1.68, p = 0.035).  In men, these correlations were unfounded, the authors wrote.

Nonetheless, the study‘s limitation was that it was based on participants‘ self–reported sleep habits.  The study may be affected by reporting and remembering bias, the authors wrote.

Furthermore, this study calls attention to the importance of assessing the sleep quality and quantity of patients, specifically women, in the prevention and treatment of gum disease.  Also, it may aid in creating new and therapeutic strategies for periodontitis through the improvement of sleep quality and the enhancement of future policies and interventions aimed at oral and overall health, the authors wrote.

In the future, more prospective longitudinal research is necessary to deduce causal relationships between sleep and periodontal health, they wrote.

“Severe periodontitis in women was found to be significantly associated with poor sleep quality, but not in men,” Pu and colleagues concluded.

Until next time; brush, floss and keep smiling!

The above material is provided as an information service and is not intended as medical advice.


News You Need To Know

Work Is Wrapping Up On The Schedule Of Benefits That Is Set To Go Into Effect October 1, 2024

We have completed the process of examining the surveys for the updated Schedule of Benefits and are now working on the adjustments to the Schedule of Benefits.

The new Schedule of Benefits is slated to go into effect on October 1, 2024.  The new Schedule of Benefits will be available at SavonDentalPlan.com or by clicking this link by September 20, 2024.

We worked very hard to keep the fees that you pay for dental care as low as possible and we are confident that the plan has stayed true to our mission statement;

“To provide quality and timely dental care at a price that is fair and reasonable to the member and the dentist.”

The next examination of the Schedule of Benefits will be sometime in 2026.

Thank you for your continued trust in Savon Dental Plan and rest assured that we will continue to work hard to protect that trust.

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