Dr. Kennell and the KO team love showing appreciation for our patients. We would not be able to be the Orthodontic office that we are without them! This year we celebrated our patients with a super fun tubing night at Gunstock Mountain. Our patients, and their family and friends, checked in with the team, grabbed some KO Swag (super warm winter hats!), and then entered our raffle to win all sorts of prizes- light up scooters, snow tubes, gift cards, and more! Then they were free to enjoy endless runs down the hill, cookies, hot chocolate, and the fire pit.
We had a professional photographer on hand to capture all the fun! To see all the photos from the event head over to our Facebook page, click "Photos", and check out the whole album!
Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to enjoy some sweet treats that are safe to enjoy with braces, expanders, space maintainers, and or even if you have separators in! Valentine's Day is known for enjoying chocolates, which is totally acceptable for you too! Just try to avoid any chocolates that have nuts or extremely chewy centers! If you receive any lollipops or hard candies just make sure you sure only sucking on them and NOT chewing them. Another wonderful and yummy option is to make and enjoy chocolate covered strawberries.
Here is a fun recipe to try this weekend: Deviled Hearts using strawberries!
Here are the Ingredients You Will Need:
8oz packaged cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar
1/3 cup sour cream
1 lemon, zested
1 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups heavy cream
16 strawberries, tops cut off and cut in half lengthwise
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
Directions:
In a mixing bowl and with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, lemon juice, zest, and vanilla until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
In another mixing bowl, beat the heavy cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks are formed.
Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
Slice the backs of each strawberry very slightly, so they sit up straight.
Use a small measuring spoon or melon baller to hollow the inner center of each strawberry.
Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese mixture to pipe a dollop into each strawberry.
Top each with a sprinkle of graham cracker crumbs.
We know you all have been waiting for this...we FINALLY have a Patient Portal! Now patients will be able to set up online payments and access appointment information as well! If you need to cancel or change your appointment you will still need to call or e-mail us! You can scan the QR code below to sign up now!
Other exciting news... we are hosting another Patient Appreciation Event! This year it will be at Gunstock Mountain and FREE for all of our patients to go snow tubing!! Make sure to register you and your families! Here is the link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kennell-orthodontics-patient-appreciation-snow-tubing-event-tickets-1978176159143?aff=oddtdtcreator
Mark the date for March 5th from 6pm-9pm and we will see you there!!
As we approach the end of 2025, here are a few highlights of our year at Kennell Orthodontics!
Super exciting, we started a few cases of LightForce. LightForce is ceramic 3D-printed brackets that are customized to each tooth. Patients like the aesthetic of the brackets because it blends well with the natural tooth color. We even got to visit the headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts where they print the brackets which was super cool to see!
We also had new photo-op signs made! We have "In my Kennell Ortho Era", "In my Braces Era", "Feelin' Groovy with my KOsmile." Next time you are in the office you will have to check them out! We made LIMITED TIME ONLY "In My Kennell Ortho Era" T-shirts. Get yourself one before they sell out (You can trade in your points to get one or when you start treatment you can pick one as your prize!)
We had a really fun Labubu Contest entailed patients designing their own Labubu for a chance to win a CUSTOMIZED Labubu with REAL braces! We hope to have another contest like this in the future, so keep your eye out for the next one! We love staying trendy with what our patients are into so that we can make coming to the orthodontist fun!
Dr. Kennell won "Best of the Lakes Region" for another year! Congratulations to the Best Orthodontist, our team and patients are so lucky!
We look forward to what 2026 will bring, stay tuned and have a Happy New Year!
