Easter Coloring Contest

Please join us as we celebrate Easter with another Coloring Contest! Even if you don't have an appointment this month we encourage you to stop by the office and let your children color a picture to submit for a chance to win one of three prizes:

1st prize: Easter basket and Toys R Us gift card
2nd prize: Toys R Us gift card
3rd prize: 2 movie tickets

Contest ends April 25th so hurry and get your pictures submitted!

Drs. Rick and Travis Evans in the news.

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Welcome, Diane!

You may have noticed that during the past year we have had some changes in our office. With those changes came two great additions to our team here at Lakeside Family Dentistry.

Diane, seen below, joined our team in September and Jenna, seen in previous post, joined us in August. We are so happy to have both of them as members of our office and we know you will love getting to know them, too!

Diane, Certified Dental Assistant

Diane has been a dental assistant since 1977 and has practiced in Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota and moved to Oregon in 2010. She is passionate about dentistry and enjoys helping patients with their dental needs. In her down time she loves hanging out with family and friends in the area, scrap-booking, reading mysteries and playing on the computer.

Diane has been a great addition to our team and we encourage you all to get to know her better next time you are in the office!

Welcome, Jenna!

Jenna, Sterilization Assistant

We are so happy to have Jenna as a member of our team. As a junior at Tualatin High School, Jenna keeps busy with school work and working at the office most days during the week. She has been a member of the Lakeside Family Dentistry team for 8 months and says that she is "really enjoying it." Some of her favorite hobbies include "dance, shopping, traveling and hanging out with my friends."

When you are in the office be sure to meet Jenna and say hello!

Decay and your child's nutrition

Here's an interesting article found in AGD magazine, October 2010 regarding childhood obesity and cavities:

Decay Linked to Nutrition

"A preliminary study of children being treated for cavities in their primary teeth found that nearly 28 percent had a body mass index (BMI) in the 85th percentile or above, indicating obesity. That percentage is more than 5 percent higher than the estimated national average, suggesting that poor food and nutritional choices--particularly sugary sodas and fruit juices--are contributing not just to obesity but to childhood tooth decay as well. The findings were presented in June at the 2010 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society by researchers from the University at Buffalo. The study involves 65 children ages 2 to 5, all of whom required anesthesia during treatment due to the severity of their dental problems. Approximately 71 percent of the group had a calorie intake above the 1,200 calories per day considered normal for their age group. The researchers concluded that, because cavities are the most common chronic childhood disease, [it is important] to educate families on both nutrition and the risks of obesity and tooth decay."

Tualatin Crawfish Festival

We enjoyed another year at the Tualatin Crawfish Festival. It was fun to see many of our patients at our booth and meeting a lot of other people, too! We love being apart of the community here in Tualatin.

Drs. Travis and Rick Evans

Meet Dr. Travis and his family: wife Liz and sons Calvin and Miles.

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Renee' Warren for winning our Mariner's Memorial Day basket plus 2 tickets to a Mariner's game and $100 gift certificate! Thank You to everyone who participated in our drawing. Look forward to our next one in a couple months. Have fun Warren family!