Doyle Dental does Trunk or Treat with the whole family

Thanks to everyone who visited with us at the Kent Trunk or Treat. We were invited to join the Trunk or Treat event at the Kent Town Hall, 25 Sybil’s Crossing in Carmel, New York on Friday October 25, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We had a wonderful time and will definitely make this a yearly event for Doyle Dental. This is the second year for this event, last year it was held at the Kent Fire Department. They moved the event to the more spacious Kent Town Center this year and the turnout was great. The event is hosted by The Kent Volunteer Fire Department in conjunction with the Kent Police Department, Lake Carmel Fire Department and the Kent Library. Local businesses and organizations are invited to come together and decorate the trunk of a car with a Halloween theme and pass out treats as children go from car to car to “trick or treat”. This event provides a safe environment for the children in our community to enjoy Halloween. This safe Trick or Treat option for the kids had over 400 children participating. Parents can watch or walk with their children without worry about traffic or crossing streets. Each family is asked to bring 1 non-perishable item to kick off a food drive to help families in the community in need. This was our first time at this event and we loved it. Dr. Romina and our hygienist, Tracey designed the trunk to look like an opened mouth with teeth on the top and a tongue on the bottom. They also decorated with Halloween lights. The entire Doyle family, Dr. Dan, Dr. Dennis, Dr. Romina, Grandma Karen and the children Nolan, Giacomo, and Sadie helped with the Doyle Dental trunk and the passing out of treats. Each of the bags we made contained a bag of chips and an orange and black children’s Halloween toothbrush. Many communities and schools are now setting up similar events for Halloween rather than the traditional door to door trick or treating.

Try to remember that Halloween can be a time when children are overwhelmed and tempted by many sugary snacks. It is okay to let your children enjoy a few treats as long as you have them brush their teeth after each snack and always before bed each night. We go through each of our kids Halloween bags once we get home from trick or treating to be sure the treats are appropriate. We then let them each pick out a few of their favorite sugary snacks and we put the rest away, out of sight. We can then easily control when and how much Halloween candy we let our children eat. After a few days we usually get rid of the uneaten sweet temptations and go back to our normal healthy snack options. By limiting how much sugar we give our children, providing a healthy diet, maintaining a consistent tooth brushing schedule at home with regular six month dental checkup and cleanings, parents can control unwanted and expensive dental appointments.