Central Victoria’s only Registered Orthodontic Specialists NO DENTIST REFERRAL REQUIRED! While most of our patients come to see us on the recommendation of their General Dentist, a formal referral is not actually required for a consultation which is free and without obligation. HEAD OFFICE: 86 Baxter Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Phone: 5442 5100 Fax: 5441 2668 Email: info@beehappy ortho.com.au Office Locations: Echuca, Kerang and Kyneton Find us on Facebook SPRING 2016 Patient Newsletter chatter B e e H a p p y O r t h o d o n t i c s f o r C h i l d r e n a n d A d u l t s WHAT’S INSIDE ➤ BRACED TOGETHER FOR SPORTING SUCCESS ➤ MAD ABOUT SCIENCE ➤ INFECTION CONTROL ➤ ACCREDITATION ➤ STAFF PROFILE ➤ COMPETITIONS ➤ WINNERS ARE GRINNERS MAD ECHUCA OFFICE UPDATE Bee Happy Orthodontics has proudly served the orthodontic needs of residents in the Echuca/Moama and surrounding areas since 1990. Our rooms are located in Pakenham plaza in the heart of the city. Our two Specialist Orthodontists, the only Specialist Orthodontists in the area, normally service these rooms on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week. With the growing demand for our services, we are pleased to inform our patients, their families and the community at large of a new service in Echuca. FREE INVISALIGN CONSULTATION NOW AVAILABLE If you are ready for a smile that transforms your appearance, but don’t want to have braces, Invisalign is a “no braces” alternative that can work for some patients, particularly suiting adults. Invisalign treatment straightens teeth through a series of clear, comfortable and removable aligners. Each aligner is slightly different, gradually moving your teeth into the desired position. This type of treatment does not suit all patients, however at Bee Happy we offer a free first consultation to see if this is an option for you. At this consultation, our Registered Orthodontic Specialists can go through all of your treatment options. And the best part is, there is no Dentist referral required, so you can just ring us on 5442 5100 and make an appointment for either our Bendigo or Echuca offices.
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Central Victoria’s only Registered Orthodontic SpecialistsNO DENTIST REFERRAL REQUIRED!
While most of our patients come to see us on the recommendation of their General Dentist, a formal referral is not actually required for a consultation which is free and without obligation.
HEAD OFFICE: 86 Baxter Street,
Bendigo VIC 3550
Phone: 5442 5100
Fax: 5441 2668
Email: info@beehappy
ortho.com.au
Office Locations: Echuca, Kerang
and KynetonFacebook “f ” Logo CMYK / .ai Facebook “f ” Logo CMYK / .ai
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SPRING 2016 Patient Newsletter
chatterchatterBee Happy Orthodontics for Children and Adults
WHAT’S INSIDE➤ BRACED TOGETHER
FOR SPORTING SUCCESS
➤ MAD ABOUT SCIENCE
➤ INFECTION CONTROL
➤ ACCREDITATION
➤ STAFF PROFILE
➤ COMPETITIONS
➤ WINNERS ARE GRINNERS
MAD
ECHUCA OFFICE UPDATEBee Happy Orthodontics has proudly served the orthodontic needs of residents in the Echuca/Moama and surrounding areas since 1990. Our rooms are located in Pakenham plaza in the heart of the city.
Our two Specialist Orthodontists, the only Specialist Orthodontists in the area, normally service these rooms on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week. With the growing demand for our services, we are pleased to inform our patients, their families and the community at large of a new service in Echuca.
FREE INVISALIGN CONSULTATION NOW AVAILABLE
If you are ready for a smile that transforms your appearance, but don’t want to have braces, Invisalign is a “no braces” alternative that can work for some patients, particularly suiting adults.
Invisalign treatment straightens teeth through a series of clear, comfortable and removable aligners. Each aligner is slightly different, gradually moving your teeth into the desired position. This type of treatment does not suit all patients, however at Bee Happy we offer a free first consultation to see if this is an option for you. At this consultation, our Registered Orthodontic Specialists can go through all of your treatment options.
And the best part is, there is no Dentist referral required, so you can just ring us on 5442 5100 and make an appointment for either our Bendigo or Echuca offices.
MAD ABOUT SCIENCE MAYA MANN – AGED 16 OF PYRAMID HILL Year 11 student and patient at Bee Happy, Maya Mann was thrilled this year to be one of 55 Year 11 students from Australia and New Zealand selected to attend the Youth ANZAS 2016 Conference hosted in Brisbane this July. Four other Bendigo students also attended, one from Maya’s school, Girton Grammar, and three from Catholic College.
The Youth ANZAS Science Conference is a science camp where students interested in science meet with PhD students and researchers to get a feel for science career opportunities. Workshops were held for a range of different science disciplines. Maya was particularly interested in medical science, finding it’s ever-changing nature engaging. Ideally, Maya would like to become a surgeon.
Science is not Maya’s only passion though; she also enjoys reading, playing field hockey and travelling. Maya plays defence for both her school hockey team and Loddon Murray in the Bendigo Hockey League. Maya would like to return to America following last year’s very enjoyable three-week school trip to a Space Camp in Alabama and NASA in Florida.
Darcy Williams and Piper Dunlop, great friends and fellow patients (beginning treatment at almost the same time), are taking the court by storm in basketball and netball, sharing many milestones both on and off the court.
The girls met whilst playing for The Generals basketball side in the local domestic competition at The Schweppes Centre. Both girls have earned positions in the Braves Basketball under 12’s girl’s side where they won two country championships and have recently enjoyed a win in the National Junior Basketball Classic under 14’s side. In January this year Darcy and Piper were also part of the winning side in the Australian Junior Basketball Cup.
The next step for the squad is to compete at the Australasian National Championships in Newcastle, NSW in September this year. Then the team is off to the Southern Cross Challenge in January 2017.
Both girls also play netball and are in the AFL Academy Netball Squad and Bendigo Bank Academy of Sport netball squad as well as for the Sandhurst Dragons in the Bendigo Football Netball League. The next step up in their pathway to netball success for Darcy and Piper is trying out for the Under 16 Country Victorian Bush Rangers squad.
PIPER DUNLOP – AGED 12 OF STRATHDALE About Piper
Piper began playing basketball at age 8 and is in now in Year 7 at the La Valla campus of Catholic College Bendigo. One of the youngest, yet also one of the tallest (5 foot 11 inches and still growing), members of the Bendigo Braves under 14s girl’s side, Piper was recently awarded MVP at the National Junior Classic, which her team won this June in Melbourne.
Whilst Piper plays sport nearly every night of the week, she finds time once a week after school to play guitar as it is a great relaxation outlet and gives balance to her life.
According to Piper’s Mum Sally, “Piper is very organised and has a great work ethic. She studies on the go and on breaks and is very committed.” Piper wants to get into medicine of some sort and is looking at becoming a physiotherapist. Her future athletic aspirations include being offered a scholarship at the AIS in basketball.
DARCY WILLIAMS – AGED 13 OF GOLDEN SQUARE About Darcy
Darcy is in year 7 at Marist College Bendigo and has been playing basketball for 7 years. She generally plays in the position of Guard.
Darcy trains almost every night of the week and enjoys a quiet and relaxing run on Tuesday nights (her only night off). Darcy’s favourite subject at school is Maths and she also hopes to study locally in Bendigo and become a physiotherapist. Her aspirations include making the Bendigo Spirit basketball side and travelling around Australia and New Zealand.
PATIENT AchieversBRACED TOGETHER FOR SPORTING SUCCESS
Piper is pictured left and Darcy is pictured right.
Maya pictured above left at the conference with one of her classmates.
Name: DarcyPosition: Dental Assistant TraineeOffice(s): BendigoTime at the Practice: 5 monthsFavourite Colour(s): PinkFavourite Food: Potatoes Favourite Actor: Adam SandlerFavourite Movie: Grown UpsFavourite Music: PopFavourite Season: SummerInterests: Netball, friends and familyStar Sign: Aquarius
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PROFILE – Darcy
Bee Happy STAFF NEWS
INFECTION CONTROL AT BEE HAPPYAll health care providers in Australia are required to abide by infection control guidelines. Bee Happy Orthodontics is part of the dental care industry whose legal requirements are managed and monitored by the Australian Dental Association.
To meet with compliance standards and protect both staff and patients, staff undertake on-going training and all of our offices are audited and monitored to ensure infection control protocols are met.
ACCREDITATION AND INFECTION CONTROL
As an accredited orthodontic practice, Bee Happy Orthodontics also has further reporting responsibilities in relation to infection control. Bee Happy Orthodontic’s accreditation is an independent recognition that, as an organisation, they have met the requirements of defined standards that provides peace of mind to patients and their families.
About DarcyBorn and raised in Bendigo, Darcy has lived in the area all her life. She completed Year 12 at Bendigo Senior Secondary College before taking a gap year, which saw her working at Woolworths and for a grain company in Elmore. Darcy had always wanted to be a nurse and had previously considered a career in the dental industry. Upon seeing the Dental Nurse Traineeship opportunity at Bee Happy, Darcy applied and was accepted.
The Traineeship entails one year of study and on-the-job training. The course portion of the traineeship includes four weeks of classes in one-week blocks at RMIT over the 12 months.
Darcy enjoys sport in general and plays Centre for Eaglehawk Netball Club. She has travelled around Australia and hopes to save and travel overseas to America and Europe one day. Darcy has a love of animals and is enjoying her new Golden Retriever puppy named Winnie (as in Winnie the Pooh).
DID YOU KNOW?
According to the Australian Society of Orthodontists (ASO), in Australia, 100% of Orthodontists are Dentists, but only 3% of Dentists are Orthodontists. You can be confident you’re in the best hands when booking in with an ASO Orthodontist.
Phone today for a free no obligation consultation at one of our four convenient locations, Bendigo, Echuca, Kyneton or Kerang.
100%of Orthodontists
are Dentists
3%of Dentists are Orthodontists
MONTHLY WINNERS
MAYMaudie Davis aged 10
of Ironbark
JUNEMacy Irvine aged 10
of Leitchville
JULYZarah Cain-Oliver aged
13 of Castlemaine
Winners ARE GRINNERS
Birthday WINNERSWe offer our younger patients 12 years old and younger, a chance to win a monthly birthday prize of a $25
Coles/Myer voucher to those who respond to
the special offer inside the birthday cards that we post out each month.
Patientof the monthYOU CAN WIN A $25 COLES/MYER VOUCHER!!!!!!
HOW? Brush those teeth, floss your gums, eat the right foods, keep your regular appointments and you could be nominated to win! WHEN CAN I WIN? We have a major prize-winner each June and December. Anyone who was entered in our Patient of the Month competition throughout the year can win. You will be notified in person when you are in one of our practices if you’re in the draw and by mail if you win. There are great monthly prizes to be won as well. GOOD LUCK!!
PATIENT OF THE MONTH - MONTHLY WINNERS
Rio Olympics Selfie Competition WinnerThank you to all of our entrants in our Rio Competition. Congratulations to Amber Travers, aged 11 of Flora Hill who was the lucky winner. She supplied an inspirational photo showing support for her hockey club, Strathdale Hockey. Amber won a $100 sporting voucher as her prize.
MAYDaniel Lowe aged 16
of Bendigo
JUNEOlivia Smith aged 12
of Goornong
JULYSienna Monichino
aged 12 of Bendigo
Bee Happy QuizYour Chance to Win a $100
Coles/Myer Voucher!Answer the following questions about Bee Happy Orthodontics by October 15th for your chance to win! Use our website to help you find the right answers, fill in the answers below and email them to [email protected], post on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/beehappy.orthodontics/ or drop them in to your nearest office and include your name and phone number so we can contact you if you win.
How many offices does Bee Happy Orthodontics have?Name the town locations of the Bee Happy Orthodontics offices.
What are the names of the two Bee Happy Specialist Orthodontists?
What year did Bee Happy Orthodontics begin? circle/choose one
1985 1995 2005 2015
What is the main purpose of having braces (orthodontics)?circle/choose one
Straightening teeth and correcting the bite
Cleaning the teeth and gums
Circle/choose yes or noShould people with braces continue to see their Dentists every six months for regular check ups? Should people with braces wear a mouthguard when playing sports? Do people who are interested in having braces need a Dentist referral to come to make an appointment at Bee Happy Orthodontics? Is there any charge for the first consultation to find out if orthodontic treatment is required for new patients? Is Bee Happy Orthodontics an Accredited Orthodontic practice?
