Florissant November Game Winner!

Florissant patient, Lori L, is congratulated here by her son, who also has braces, for having won the November riddle, which was:

Identify the following:

• I am three letters long.
• The word begins and ends with the same letter.
• The middle letter asks a question.
• It is sometimes blue, brown, or even green.
• It is sometimes single...sometimes double.
• It is sometimes even black and blue.

What am I?

Give up? The EYE!
Lori won a $25 gift certificate to Target! Congratulations, Lori!

Florissant December Game Winner!

Elizabeth A. is the proud owner of 129 Hershey's Candy kisses for having guessed the correct number in the jar she is holding! Of course, she is not about to call her general dentist to tell her about her prize because he likes chocolate, too! Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Florissant 4th Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" Winner!

It's hard to compete with a determined lady! Jamila B., a college freshman, knocked them all "out-of-the-park" with her determination to be a "C.O.O.L." patient! For her efforts, she received a $50 gift certificate! Great work, Jamila!

Ste. Genevieve "C.O.O.L" Club Winner of 4th Quarter!

Ste. Genevieve patient, Hannah B., is the Ste. Genevieve "C.O.O.L. Club" winner for the 4th quarter of 2011 by being tops in (C)o-operation, (O)n time, (O)ral hygiene that was great, and having no (L)oose bands and/or brackets! She is really a "C.O.O.L." patient, deserving a new iPod! Congratulations, Hannah, and "C.O.O.L" listening!

Another happy patient!

Florissant patient, Max G., is a happy patient! Just having had his braces removed, Max is holding a bag of treats he couldn't eat for a couple of years and a balloon heralding the fact that he is the latest "new star" of Taeger Orthodontics! Congratulations, Max, and "eat your heart out!"

Florissant Third Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" Winner!

Adolph L. is the Florissant Office Third Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" Winner!. Being consistently (c)ooperative, (o)n-time, have excellent (o)ral hygiene and no (l)oose bands or brackets will qualify any patient to receive a $50 gift certicate! This gift certificate put a smile on A.J.'s face. Congratulations, A.J.!

Florissant September Game Winner!

Florissant patient, Daniel L., correctly answered the September game quiz, "What muscle group in the human body is the strongest?" His answered, "The tongue (made up of 16 diffferent muscles)" won him a $25 gift certificate to Target! He is standing here with Dr. Taeger proudly holding his certificate. Congratulations, Daniel!

Florissant August Game Winner!

Florissant patient, Adam S., won the August Florissant office game by correctly calculating the answer to this mathematical riddle:

Use each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, and 6 once only, in this multiplication problem to make it correct:

? ?

x ?

? ? ?

Can you figure it out?

Well, if you can't wait to do it on your own, here's the answer: 

54

x3

162

Adam, above with Dr. Taeger, is smiling broadly with his gift certificate of $25!

Florissant July Game Winner!

Florissant patient, Nathan W., was the one who correctly answered the July's game question: "Who was the first player to be named to the All Star game as well as NFL football's Pro Bowl?" The correct answer is: Bo Jackson. For correctly naming the player, Nathan won a nifty $25 gift certificate to Target! Congratulations, Nathan!

Florissant 1st Quarter "C.O.O.L." Club Winner!

Florissant patient, Morgan R., won the 1st Quarter "C.O.O.L." club by being tops in (C)oooperation, (O)n time, (O)ral hygiene that was great, and having no (L)oose bands and/or brackets! She is really a "C.O.O.L." patient, deserving a new iPod! Congratulations, Morgan!

New Taeger Orthodontics QR (Quick Response) Code!

Taeger Orthodontics is very pleased to announce that it has included a QR (Quick Response) Code in its ongoing goal of making our orthodontic practice as technologically advanced as possible. QR Codes can be read using a smart phone having the necessary QR Code reader application, which, for example, can be downloaded from iTunes at no charge. Having such an application in a smart phone, our patients will be able to scan our QR Code and immediately access our new Mobile website without first having to open a browser, type in the appropriate URL, and wait until the website appears. All of this is being done to allow our patients to access our office at any time to check on their appointments and their personal financial information, to refer a friend to the office, or to leave a message for someone in the office to call them! This is all a part of our ongoing commitment to excel at everything we do - for our patients!

Ste. Genevieve Second Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" Winner!

Tyler U., Ste. Genevieve "C.O.O.L Club Winner!", was really surprised when he learned that one of his fellow orthodontic patients drew his name out of a hat! "What a surprise", he said. When you're "C.O.O.L" (cooperative, on-time, have really good oral hygiene, and don't have any loose bands or brackets), then you qualify for a quarterly drawing for a "Shuffle" iPod! Congratulations, Tyler, and keep up the excellent work!

Florissant Office June Game Winner!

Andrew R., our Florissant office June game winner, successfully solved the following riddle: "The following number is the only one of its kind. Can you figure out what is so special about it? 8,549,176,320." Here's the clue: All digits from 0-9 are in alphabetical order...(E)ight, (Fi)ve, (Fo)ur, (N)ine, (O)ne, (Se)ven, (Si)x, (Th)ree, (Tw)o, (Z)ero! Congratulations, Andrew, on your $25 gift card to Target!

Florissant Second Semester "Making the Grade Contest" Winner!

Florissant patient, Claire D., won the Second Semester "Making the Grade" contest! Competition was keen, but she was the lucky person to be drawn as the winner. A straight-A student, Claire attends Incarnate Word Academy and received a $50 gift certificate to Target! Congratulations, Claire!

Ste. Genevieve Second Semester "Making the Grade" Contest Winner!

Ste. Genevieve patient, Mallory K., won the Second Semester "Making the Grade" contest by having a great report card with a GPA of 3.5 out of four or higher! Everyone is proud of her accomplishment, and to celebrate really big, she received a gift card of $50 to BestBuy! Congratulations, Mallory!

Florissant Second Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" Winner!

Florissant patient, Sydnie M., won the Florissant Second Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" prize by being 1) Cooperative, 2) On-time, 3) Oral hygiene was excellent, 4) and had no Loose or broken brackets. The names of patients who qualified were placed in a jar and the name of the winner drawn out of that jar. Patients who particpate in Dr. Taeger's "COOL Club" not only seem to finish faster, if they win, they wind with a nifty iPod! Congratulations, Sydnie!

Florissant May Game Winner!

Florissant patient Meghan B. is our May Game Contest winner! Playing games in our office is a great way to get involved and have fun, and, if one is lucky, to win a $25 gift prize! That's exactly what Meghan did: she got involved, had fun, and won a $25 gift card to Target! Congratulations, Meghan!

Florissant April Game Winner!

Anthony M. was our Florissant April game winner by identifying a four letter word that is spelled the same forwards, backwards, or even upside down! Can you identify that word? Well, it's "NOON"! His efforts yielded him a $25 gift certificate to Target! Congratulations Anthony!

Ste. Genevieve 2nd Quarter "C.O.O.L. Club Winner!

Ste. Genevieve patient, Justin L., accummulated enough "C.O.O.L" Club points in the 2nd quarter to win himself a nice little iPod! The acronym "C.O.O.L." stands for 1) Cooperative, 2) On-time, 3) Oral hygiene is good, 4) No loose bands or brackets. Great patient, great results, great prize! Congratulations, Justin L.!

Florissant March Game Winner!

Florissant patient, Sam G., won the March Riddle Contest by answering the riddle correctly:
"If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have?" Most participants responded by saying, "one apple". A closer examination of the question would have yielded the correct answer, namely, "two apples!" It did not say, "If there are three apples and you take away two, how many are left?"; rather, it said, "If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do YOU have?" Sam figured it out correctly and won a Target $25 gift certificate! Congratulations, Sam, for your excellent observation and correct answer!