Do you want to wear a Dr. Elvebak t-shirt?

Do you want to win a Dr. Elvebak t-shirt? It's easy...Refer a friend or family member from now till the end of the year and it's yours! Thank you to all of our patients that have been sending us photos, we love the one that we just received from Shannnon! There are three different t-shirt designs that patients are able to choose from. You can take a look at all of our amazing patient photos on our Facebook page to see which t-shirt design is your favorite!

For more information on Elvebak Orthodontics, please give us a call! We would be happy to schedule a complementary consultation to see if orthodontic treatment is right for you.

Have a great weekend,

Elvebak Orthodontics

A few summer travel tips, from Elvebak Orthodontics

With warm weather and the kids out of school, summer is a great time for families and friends to vacation together. Recently, our staff at Elvebak Orthodontics came across an interesting article from ParentsAsk.com that outlined five important tips for summer travel with children. We strongly encourage you to give this article a read if you’re heading out with the family this summer. Here are even more tips you can use to ensure your vacation packing—and the traveling itself—goes as smooth as possible!

Happy traveling! Be sure to share your summer photos on our Facebook page!

-Dr. Elvebak and team

Are you wearing your retainer?

If you recently completed treatment at Elvebak Orthodontics, we’d like to congratulate you! Now that your braces have been removed, Dr. Elvebak will provide—or has provided you—with retainers. After braces are removed, teeth can shift without stabilization. Retainers provide that stabilization. They hold teeth in their corrected, ideal positions until the bones and gums adapt to the treatment changes. Wearing retainers exactly as instructed by Dr. Elvebak is the best insurance that your new smile will last a lifetime.

To learn more about the advantages of wearing retainers after your orthodontic treatment with Dr. Elvebak, please read this helpful article about retainers from KidsHealth or give us a call!

Dr. Elvebak presents the perfect braces-friendly summer wrap

Summer is finally here, as are all of the fresh fruits and vegetables that your diet craves. Our friends at the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) made an appetizing (and braces-friendly!) summer dish that is sure to become a family favorite. Remember, a healthy diet provides essential nutrients and helps you achieve the best possible result from your orthodontic treatment.

Soy Simmered Chicken Wraps

Ingredients:
• 3 boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 large onions, chunked
• Small flour tortillas (pkg. of ten) wheat or white
• (optional: 10-16 oz. of cooked chopped broccoli)
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• ¼ cup water
• 2 Tablespoons honey
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger
• 2 Tablespoons peach or apricot jam
• 1 Tablespoon cornstarch

Directions:
In a slow cooker, or a large pan on the stove, layer the onions and the chicken breast. Allow at least three hours in the slow cooker on medium, or at least one hour on the stove—the longer the better, but you don’t have to do anything to it while it cooks. Spoon out the chicken onto a cutting board, and with a knife and fork, shred the chicken as finely as you’d like. In a small saucepan, stir all sauce ingredients together over medium heat until the mixture starts bubbling, then let it simmer for five minutes on low heat to thicken. In a serving bowl, stir sauce and onion into chicken; if you’d like, add cooked chopped broccoli. Makes about six to eight servings.

Enjoy this great dish!
-Your friends at Elvebak Orthodontics

Stars, Stripes, & Smiles Party at Elvebak Orthodontics

We think our patients are fantastic and we appreciate you all. This year was our first year to celebrate Stars, Stripes, & Smiles, it turned out great. We had a prize wheel, awesome prizes, cookies, fun stick on tattoos, a gumball contest, and every patient received a T-shirt. It was a exciting day, filled with lots of smiles. If you missed it this year, don't worry we will be celebrating again next year, so stay tuned and join us. We've posted a few photos from the event on our Facebook page, head over there and check them out!

We are very thankful for our patients and the relationships we get to build with them. Our patients ROCK!!!!

Happy 4th of July,

From Elvebak Orthodontics