*Contest Announcement* GO BUCS!!
Join in the fun and comment on our facebook page’s contest post for the chance to win 2 tickets to a Bucs home game during the Fall 2021 season! To enter, like the post , like our facebook page, and comment with your prediction of the winning team and final score. The person who chooses the correct winning team and has the closest final score will win! Good luck and GO BUCS!!!
https://www.facebook.com/amleymcentireortho
Our three office locations.. a brief history!
5753 1st Ave. North, St. Petersburg
Our office located on 1st Ave North in St. Pete is one that we affectionately refer to as the “main office”. It was built in 1975 and was the home of the early days of Amley and Amley Orthodontics. Dr. Ed Amley and Dr. Rob Amley grew up in St. Pete and raised their families there as well. This is the office location that served some of our patients’ parents and grandparents as THEY were treated by Drs. Amley and Amley! It’s a special place in which Dr. Ed and Dr. Rob created a foundation for years of highly respected orthodontics.
11201 Corporate Circle, #160, St. Petersburg
Dr. McEntire began seeing Orthodontic patients at Shiny Happy Smiles in 2018, and has very much enjoyed working in a pediatric dental office environment alongside Dr. Silver and, most recently, Dr. Rebecca Pikos! Shiny Happy Smiles has a bright and fun atmosphere featuring cute, creepy crawlers that keep our littlest patients smiling during their appointments.
110. S Mac Dill Ave. Suite #201
The Tampa office location was opened in September of 2019, and is located in a beautiful newly constructed medical office building in South Tampa near the corner of Kennedy Blvd and MacDill. Dr. McEntire’s wife, Abby, is a 3rd generation Tampa native and the daughter of a well loved dentist in Tampa, Dr. Steve Krist. It has been a joy for Dr. McEntire to continue a family tradition of dentistry in the Tampa area!
2021… the year to say goodbye to your child's thumb sucking habit!
A patient of Dr. McEntire recently found success with her “habit appliance” and no longer sucks her thumb!
There is no better time than now to help your child say goodbye to their thumb sucking habit. Dr. McEntire’s oldest child needed some gentle assistance with this, as she was seen sucking her thumb even in the womb! He shares his story below.
“Arden began sucking her thumb as an infant, and 4.5 years later we decided it was time for the "thumb habit" to stop. My wife and I noticed negative changes with her teeth due to her thumb sucking, and there was an increasing tendency toward breathing through her mouth while sleeping. We tried a few things, however we couldn't get her excited about the "special" nail polish, sleeping with a glove, or long sleeves tied in knots. We pitched the idea of getting a chance to be one of daddy's patients, and we suddenly sparked her interest!
I first used our 3D scanner to capture an impression of her teeth. Our lab printed the impression and even found a special purple roller to go on Arden's very own Bluegrass Appliance. This type of appliance simply blocks the area in the roof of the mouth where the thumb would sit. It also serves as a reminder of where the tongue is supposed to rest, as "tongue thrusting" habits can commonly follow a resolved thumb habit. The purpose of the appliance is not to punish and there are no sharp prongs or irritating edges.
During the first week, Arden certainly had moments where she missed the comforting feeling from the thumb, but the appliance was a success. After a few weeks, she didn’t mention it anymore.
There are many ways to kick a habit like this! The bluegrass produced from a quick scan (no messy impressions), worked best for us.”
A moment to honor a St. Pete legend...
Dr. McEntire reflects on Dr. Amley’s Retirement:
I remember my first conversations about Dr. Ed and I remember the first time I talked to him on the phone. I was finishing orthodontic residency in Virginia with hopes of moving to the Tampa Bay Area. My father in law, a dentist in Tampa, suggested that I give Dr. Ed a call. The call was to ask about orthodontics in the area, and from that moment forward, I knew that when talking with the Amley brothers, I would be dealing with men of integrity. We had a few lunches and spent time on the phone over the next couple of years, and when the time was right they put together a plan that worked for all of us to have me step in as the more formal leader in the practice. It was then that I learned what a true leader looks like.
A true leader continues to lead even when he doesn’t have to. I got to witness for the last 4.5 years that Dr. Ed cares just as much today about our practice as he did when he and Dr. Rob were running things. I know he CARES about each of our patients as well as each member of our team. He never quit learning— wanting to stay in-the-know on new techniques with Invisalign and the bracket system that we use to make sure our patients received the best treatment possible.
Though we haven’t gotten to spend much time together in person over the last 6 months, my wife Abby and I do look forward to spending some quality time with Dr. Ed and Margaret soon. Dr. Ed, we’re looking forward to that day. Thank you so much for your guidance and your support, and thank you most of all for our friendship. Our work family and home family wish you a very Merry Christmas, a happy new year, and HAPPY RETIREMENT!!
Contest announcement! Show us your marvelous masks!
We’ve seen some pretty cool masks come into our office recently, and we are holding a contest to celebrate our patients’ community safety efforts! Email appt@amcsmiles.com or text (727) 381-1062 a picture of you in your favorite mask and any interesting details you’d like to include. The mask can be silly, pretty, home-made or fancy… as long as it makes you smile! The Amley McEntire team will take a vote and choose a winner who will receive a $100 Target gift card. We look forward to seeing your entries, and bonus points will be given if you are wearing your Amley McEntire t-shirt in the picture! Send us your pictures by September 1st!
Tampa Bay Times eEdition Article Featuring Dr. Ed!
Dr. Ed was featured in a Tampa Bay Times eEdition article earlier this week about his impressive 51 year career! Online subscribers can view the article at the following link.
https://tampabaytimes-fl.newsmemory.com/?publink=729aa8422
Congratulations to our scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to Ben and Jon for being chosen as our scholarship recipients! Best wishes as you enter college and Go Bulls!! We are so happy for all of our high school graduates this year. We know there are great things ahead for all of you!
