Reminder! Deadline To Submit Your Pumpkin Carving Is Fast Approaching

It's down to the wire! October 28th is the deadline to turn in your pumpkin carving photos for our "Great Pumpkin Carving Contest."

Anyone in the community is invited to submit a pumpkin. For all the rules and details, click here.

Prizes to be awarded:

1st Place: XBOX 360

2nd Place: iPod Nano

3rd Place: $75 Best Buy Gift Card

Congratulations Recent Mariner Athletes of the Week

Congratulations Alee Bryan, Alex Coffman and Gurpreet Singh for receiving the recent recognition as Mariner Athletes of the Week! We will continue to root for you as you participate in your school sports this season.

October Is National Orthodontic Health Month

October is National Orthodontic Health Month! Because October is also a month full of candies, sweets and treats that may not be good for your orthodontic health, the American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) is offering you some tasty and excellent alternatives to the chewy, sticky and hard candies that are not good for your braces.

At Pellegrini Orthodontics, we believe that just because you wear braces it doesn't mean you have to avoid all the sweet treats available during Halloween season. It just means that you have to make smart choices.

To help you make those smart choices, we've provided a link to the fabulous braces-friendly recipes offered through the AAO website, braces.org.

Take a look at these sweet treats in our photo montage below and click on the items below for their full recipes.

1. Pumpkin Cookie Pops

2. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Softies

3. Meatloaf in a Pumpkin or Squash

4. Frightful Fingers

5. Spider Bites

October Students of the Month, Congratulations!

Each month Pellegrini Orthodontics sponsors the "Students of the Month" section featured in Snohomish County Edition of The Journal Newspaper. Congratulations to October's outstanding students from the following schools:

Samantha Loch and Gurvir Gill from Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek, Washington

Anthony Edwards and Danisha Lee from Lynnwood High School in Lynnwood, Washington

Matt Frazier and Katie Brown from Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington

Jenny Lee and Jack Jacobs from Edmonds-Woodway in Edmonds, Washington

Maddi Null and Cameron Hathaway from Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood, WA

Eric Ellersick and Keysha Porter from Cascade High School in Everett, Washington 

Jamael Smith & Alexandra Lynch- from Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington

Adam Umbaugh and Baily Olson from Scriber Lake High School in Lynnwood, Washington

Brittany Monares & Eric Sanchez from Mariner High School in Everett, Washington

Shelby Hennum and Tanner Gregory from Mountlake Terrace High School in Mountlake Terrace, Washington

Are You A Smartie or a Dum-Dum?

Of course we know all of our patients are smarties, but for the sake of this month's contest we have to ask.."Are you a smartie or a dum-dum?"

During your appointment this month, stop by our checkout desk to place your guess on how many pieces of smartie and dum dum candies are in the jar. The closest guesser wins a $50 Visa Card!