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**-*4f*b • • • • ¿ % 'i9 * • * -’ £& F - « f B Ä S K w K m m 9 t? tfW X » *• ;><•. i .♦ * w w H R W i e v / m w r r m S K m MWIWWW s WS F E B . 1 1 ,1 9 9 8 Free Dental Care to Those in Need On Saturday morning, February 14, 1998, from 7 a m. to noon, the doctors and staff of Gentle Dental will offer free dental care to people in need, with special priority given to women, children and the elderly. Those with urgent dental needs, who have no dental insurance, no job, no money, and no means of welfare health care, are invited to visit Gentle Dental, 1558 Collins Rd. N.E.. next to Hall Home Fur nishings. Any dental service that can be performed in one visit will be of fered, which includes: cleanings, fillings, extractions, fluoride treat ments, x-rays, steel crowns, and the like. No appointment necessary — people will be seen on a first come, first serve basis. Fourteen years ago, Dr. Duane Schmidt, owner of Gentle Dental, founded D O CTO RS W ITH A HEART, Inc. Today, DWAH has become the largest doctor charity in the world. It has been estim ated that over DEA Seeks Medicinal Review For Marijuana 66 ] 99 your lungs. gether. diate sen satio n o f re la x a tio n as B elow is the F a u lk n e r m ethod 4. R epeat this pro ced u re fiv e W rin k le y o u fo re h e a d and the stre ss d ra in s o u t o f y o u r o f p r o g r e s s iv e r e la x a tio n to tim es and you w ill find d e e p , frow n as if you are very angry. m uscles. e lim in a te stress. p e a c e fu l fe e lin g o f re la x a tio n H old this p o stu re for five se c 4. then, ro tate your neck in a T h is m ethod o f p ro g re ssiv e 15,000doctors and their staffs — in flow th ro u g h your entire bo d y . onds. c i r c u l a r m a n n e r v e r y , v e ry re la x a tio n is a w o n derful w ay to various health care disciplines — If you use both of these r e la x R elease, m ake all o f your fa slow ly. reduce stre ss and ach ieve deep participate in this day of giving. a tio n p ro c e d u r e s o n ce e v e r y cial m uscles as tense as you can. F ollow th ese step s as you “Across the nation, once a year, re la x a tio n . hour, for th ree co n se c u tiv e d a y s, Y ou w ill feel a w o n d erfu l re d u c carry out this procedure: Let your T he beauty o f this tec h n iq u e doctors close their cash drawers to I g u aran tee that you w ill feel tion o f stress and d eep re la x a tio n head fall forw ard as far as you is th at it does not c o st a cen t. So help people who have no means of m ore re la x e d than ever. in all o f the facial m uscles. can and p ress your chin to your support,” said Dr. Schmidt. We relax and try it. If you w ould like to tak e a W hile lying or sitting in a c o m chest. S tart by sittin g in a c o m fo rt know of no better way to show we stress test to find out if you are fo rtab le p o sitio n , do this sim ple The idea is to tense and tighten able ch a ir, or, if you p re fe r, lie care.” un d er an a b n o rm al am o u n t o f b reath in g e x e rc ise : the m uscles in the back of your dow n, then follow this procedure: Last year, Gentle Dental treated s tre s s , se n d a s e ll- a d d re sse d , 1. T ake a d eep , deep breath neck. 1 T ig h ten the m u scles in your more than 150 patients who previ stam ped en v elope to: Dr. C h a rle s and very slo w ly inhale. Fill the N ow , slow ly ro tate yo u r head ously couldn’t afford quality dental legs by stretch in g them out as far W. F aulkner, 5722 G reene S treet, lungs co m p le te ly . tow ard your right sh o u ld e r as it as you can and liftin g them up care, and the staff is anticipating an S u ite 3 0 2 , P h ila d e lp h ia , PA. 2. O nce y o u r lungs are full, you are pressin g yo u r rig h t e a r to into the air or by p ressin g them equally strong turnout this year In 19144. hold yo u r b re a th and q u ick ly your right sh o u ld er. ag ain st the flo o r very hard. Y our addition to sponsoring “Doctors P le a se sen d yo u r q u e s tio n s co u n t to five. You arc now p u lling and tig h t With a Heart Day,” Gentle Dental o b je c tiv e is to tense and tig h ten a n d /o r co m m en ts to the sam e ad- 3. At the c o u n t o f five, slow ly ening the m uscles on the left side every m uscle in your legs from hosts an annual Thanksgiving din o f your neck. the b o tto m s o f your feet to your ner for senior citizens. According Now allow your head to go as to Dr. Schmidt, community involve w aist. far back as you can R o tate your ment is an integral part of Gentle H old for five seconds. T hen head to the rear. D ental’s definition of success. q u ic k ly re le a s e . D rop th em T his w ill tense and tig h te n the Dr. Schmidt has practiced dental h eav ily as if they w eigh a ton. m uscles in the front o f yo u r neck, Y ou w ill feel a deep surge o f care for 43 years, and created Gentle finally, ro ta te your head to yo u r relax atio n flow through your legs Dental in 1976. left sh o u ld er as if you are a t Since then, it has become one of as stre ss drain s out o f them . tem pting to press y o u r left ear the lop dental practices in Eastern 2. N ext, pull in yo u r stom ach into your left sh o u ld er. Iowa by providing an unmatched m u s c le s a n d s im u lta n e o u s ly T his w ill tig h ten the m u scles combination of service, price and tig h te n and te n se y o u r c h e st on the rig h t side o f y o u r neck. convenience. m uscles. The steps in d icated above should H old for five seconds, then, be done very, very slow ly and su ddenly and quickly re lease the sm oothly in a ro ta tin g c irc u la r tension from your m uscles. 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