http://www.thinkbraces.com Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:26:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are open with normal hours in Swansea today. Drive carefully when you are coming in! http://www.thinkbraces.com/2010/02/15/yes-we-are-open-today/ We will be seeing patients from 10am-2pm. If you are not comfortable driving in the snow, call and reschedule. Otherwise we will see you today! http://www.thinkbraces.com/2010/02/09/office-snow-schedule-today/ It is February again and Dr. Markarian and Dr. Hood-Olson are going out to visit grade schools to talk to children about taking care of their teeth. On February 5th, Dr. Markarian returned to his home town of Granite City to talk to the kids at Neidringhaus School and ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2010/02/08/national-childrens-dental-health-month-2/ Well it seems that the weather forecasters are agian predicting the white stuff to fall in our area tonight. We know how accurate they are (remember last Friday?), but they say we could get around 6 inches of snow before morning. As always your safety is the top ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2010/02/08/more-snow-coming/ I know there are predictions of some possibly significant snowfall Wednesday into Thursday and we will try to keep everyone informed via e-mail, the web site, Facebook or Twitter.  Hopefully it is another storm that passes us by, but if now, we will let you know if we are in ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2010/01/05/winter-weather-updates/ June 18th will be the 15 year anniversary for Dr. Markarian.  On that fateful day, Dr. Markarian and his receptionist (his wife Annette), and their office entertainer (their 2 year old daughter Grace) embarked on a journey that led to where the office is today.... When I look back over all ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2009/06/16/markarian-orthodontics-15th-anniversary/ February was National Children's Dental Health Month (NCDHM) and Drs. Markarian and Hood-Olson visited several of the local elementary schools to educate 3rd and 4th grade children about the importance of taking care of the teeth.  Along with a very fun and educational presentation, featuring a horse puppet with human ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2009/03/17/national-childrens-dental-health-month/ Dr. Markarian appeared on St Louis Fox 2 News Morning show on Monday September 15th in the 8-9 am hour.  Dr. Markarian talked about the charity, Smiles Change Lives, that he is helping to organize in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area.  Smiles Change Lives provides orthodontic treatments for patients ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2008/09/09/dr-markarian-on-fox-2-news-thursday/ We are pleased to announce that Dr. A. Lauren Hood-Olson joined the office on July 21st.  It is  a pleasure to have Dr. Lauren (as she would like to be called) on the staff, and I am sure that you will enjoy working with her too.  When you come in ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2008/08/05/new-addition-to-markarian-orthodontics-2/ Dr. Markarian will be serving as the President of the St. Clair Dental Society for the next year.  It is a great honor to serve as the president of the society as many other esteemed dentists in the area have before him (including both of his brothers!).  Good luck Dr. ... http://www.thinkbraces.com/2008/08/05/dr-markarian-president-of-st-clair-dental-society/