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!

New "All American" Winner at NCAA/NRA Small Bore Rifle Competition!

Former Florissant patient, Dan H., is no stranger to this blog. He has been previously featured for participating in the Junior Olympics in rifle shooting in Colorado Springs. This year, as a member of the University of Memphis rifle team, Dan participated in the NCAA Small Bore Competition in Georgia. Here he did so well that he was named All American in small bore! He was one of only two college freshman in the United States named to the second team. He received a very nice silver bullet lapel pin that says "All American" on it, a beautiful certificate, and a special "All American" patch. His coach at the University of Memphis said that there had never been  a small bore All American at their university, and Dan is the only freshman ever at the school to be named All American in rifle.

His talents are taking him again to the Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 5th. Congratulations, Dan!! We applaud your accomplishments and we continue to wish you the very best!

Florissant January Game Winner!

Florrisant patient, Allison S., has much to smile about - she won the January "Are you smarter than your orthodontist?" game in which she came out on top with the most correct answers! As her reward for her intellectual acumen she won a $25 Target gift certificate -  a delight to her because she said "Target has everything!" Congratulations, Allison!

Ste. Genevieve "Making the Grade!" Winner!

Ste. Genevieve patient, Sally H., outsmarted all of this semster's "Making the Grade!" qualifiers! Hats off to you, Sally, for your dedicated commitment to working hard and "Making the Grade!" Not only did it pay off in the short run, a $50 check, but will pay off in the long run as well! Congratulations, Sally!

Florissant "Making the Grade!" Winner!

Florissant patient, Tiffany M., did it again! Not only did she win last month's contest, a real difficult riddle, she was able to win this semester's "Making the Grade!" contest as well! Evidently the two are linked - you have to have "brains" to do both! Congratulations, Tiffany! Enjoy your $50 gift certificate! By the way, the answer to the riddle she solved was: the number "7" on a cell phone!

Florissant December Game Winner!

Incredible Riddle Solver!

Florissant patient, Tiffany M., is an incredible riddle solver! She solved this riddle that was posted during the month of December in our Florissant office. See if you can solve it:

I live above a star, and yet I never burn.

I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn.

I am visited in sequence, first, last, or in between.

Prs (and sometimes Q) are my initials.

Now tell what I mean!

Well, if you think this is easy, and you know the answer, then email us at info@taegerorthodontics.com and tell us what you think. Sorry, no more prizes - Tiffany won a iTunes gift card for her iPod! The answer to this riddle will be posted in one of the next posts - stay tuned!

Winner of our "Guess how many Reese's Peanut Butter Cups" are in this Jar!

Alan S. is no stranger to winning our games - he devised a mathematical formula which calculated the exact number of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in the jar. For that extraordinary effort he was able to take the jar with all the candy home - but since he has to wait until his braces come off before he can "indulge", he will be looking at the jar for a little while. Congraulations, Alan!!

PS - This is the second game Alan has won!

Ste. Genevieve "C.O.O.L" Club Winner of 3rd Quarter!

Congratulations to our Ste. Genevieve patient, Hannah B., for winning the Ste. Genevieve office 2010 3rd quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" prize and being really "COOL" - she won an iPod!
"C.O.O.L." stands for 1) Co-operative, 2) On time, 3) Oral hygiene that is excellent, 4) and no "L"oose brackets. Congratulations, Hannah, for being "COOL"!

Florissant "C.O.O.L" Club Winner of 3rd Quarter!

Congratulations to our Florissant patient, Mikaele I., for winning the Florissant office 2010 3rd quarter "C.O.O.L. Club" prize and being really "COOL" - he  won an iPod!


"C.O.O.L." stands for 1) Co-operative, 2) On time, 3) Oral hygiene that is excellent, 4) and no "L"oose brackets. Congratulations, Mikaele, for being "COOL"!