How will you wear it?

Posted by Becky Carter | June 18, 2010

A smile...pass it on

“So, is it a command or a request?”

What? I was standing in line at the grocery store, double checking that I got everything that I came in to get. I must have had a very puzzled look on my face as I looked at the older gentleman in line ahead of me. He repeated, “Is that a command or a request?” as he pointed at my Smile Generation t-shirt.

“Well,” I replied, “I suppose most people smile when they look at it, so it must just be a given.”

“Hmmm…” he said fighting off a smile of his own, “I just have fun reading people’s t-shirts.”

I explained to him, “If you were out at the Irvine Marketplace at lunch time today, you would’ve seen a few hundred of us wandering around with this shirt on. It’s for the launch of our new website called The Smile Generation.”

I turned around so he could read the back of my shirt. “We have several hundred dental offices across 5 states.”

He just smiled at me, so I smiled back. He said, “You have a nice smile.”

I replied, “We have good dentists.”

He laughed.

When he got to the register, the checker asked if he wanted to donate $1 to the City of Hope for pediatric cancer research. He said he would, and she asked him to write his name on one of the cards they hang up around the store. Instead of writing his name, he pointed to me and said, “I want to write down her company’s name because she’s just been so nice. And I like her smile.” I flashed him my pearly whites again, thanking Dr. Reagan and Dr. Buehler in my head for all the work they did in my mouth. Then I turned around so he could see the back of the shirt and get the spelling right.

I smiled and said, “Thank you,” and he smiled back before gathering his groceries and wishing me a good day.

How do I wear my t-shirt? Well, I started wearing mine for charity:water. Then I wore it so I could wear a t-shirt and jeans to work. Next thing you know, I’m wearing it for pediatric cancer research. How will you wear it?

Tags: appreciation, cad cam, charity water, dental, Dentist, dentistry, employees, modern dentistry, Outreach, pacific dental services, PDS, Smile Generation, we serve
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Colorado Celebrates

Posted by Linda Ryan | February 25, 2010

Dr. Raether and her family celebrate with Linda Ryan, Joe Saporito, and Marvine Martinez

First off we want to congratulate Dr. Gail Raether for becoming Colorado’s first owner doctor. Dr. Raether provides the clinical leadership at River Point Dental Group and Orthodontics in Sheridan. Congratulations Dr. Raether.

Regional Partner Joe Saporito presents Dr. Raether with a key to her future.

We also wanted to recognize our January “I’m a Big Deal Winner” Ryan Lucio who also is from River Point Dental Group in Sheridan where he serves as the Operations Manager.

Dr. Ashleigh Harrison, Dr. Vidhya Sampath and Regional Partner Joe Saporito congratulate Operations Manager Ryan Lucio.

Ryan was the unanimous choice this month! His team sent in wonderful stories regarding his character, team spirit, professional attire, commitment to excellence, PPE, and his professional daily attitude and demeanor under any circumstances!

Way to go Colorado, don’t stop a rockin!

Tags: appreciation, Awards, colorado, Dentist, dentistry, employees, pacific dental services, PDS
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we serve: blood drive

Posted by Kyle Guerin | November 13, 2009

On November 10th over 41 people volunteered to participate in the PDS Blood Drive. Not everyone who volunteered was able to donate, but we were able reach our goal and collect 35 good units and save up to 105 lives. It’s not always easy for every participant to give blood but the American Red Cross appreciates the sacrifice and is extremely grateful to all of the brave people who participated.

Christi Kulpa - Winner of the amazing Zebra Print Snuggie!

Congratulations to Christi Kulpa who was the winner of the first ever PDS Blood Drive Raffle as she took home a beautiful zebra print Snuggie. Thanks again to everyone who participated.

Be on the look out for our next blood drive in April 2010 and sign up to save a life

Tags: Blood Drive, employees, pacden, PDS, red cross, serve
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A PDS Halloween Recap

Posted by Chris Lorenz | November 6, 2009

We just wanted to quickly thank all of the PDS Affliated offices this year on making Halloween fun for both their staff and their patients. On our Facebook Page there were some great photo submissions and interaction. This coming year we hope to enable some more of that type of conversation and bring our PDS affiliated offices and industry peers a little closer together.

That being said, our blog, Facebook and Twitter page are nothing without our great partners and peers help! Always feel free to upload photos, comment and ask questions on our online channels. These are YOUR pages! What do you want to know from us? What would you like to read about?

Tell us what we can do to make it easier and better for all of you to engage with PDS online.

Tags: costumes, employees, halloween, offices, PDS, staff, thank you
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