Worth Saving
Your Teeth are Worth Saving
AAE’s latest public awareness campaign
“Worth Saving” is meant to bring to life that, like your natural teeth, there are things, people and places that are worth revering.
At the AAE Board’s directive, implement a multi-year public awareness campaign with the goal that:
“The public will value saving their natural teeth and seek endodontists as the first choice for their care. They will understand what an endodontist does and how they are different from general dentistry providers.”
“Worth Saving” is meant to bring to life that, like your natural teeth, there are things, people and places that are worth revering.
How it got started!
In the first installment of "Savers", the Association’s very own Dr. Louis I. Rossman sat down with Jilliann Wilcox, senior art conservator with Philadelphia's Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, to learn more about what it is that she saves -- and also talk teeth. To watch this video and more, visit aae.org/worthsaving.
Past Successes
Successful Landmark Competition
The AAE launched a contest spotlighting some natural landmarks to tie the importance of saving your natural teeth to the preservation of other natural treasures. Over 400,000 votes were cast on aae.org toward the landmarks people thought deserved saving the most.
The Charles River Esplanade won the contest and $20,000 toward saving the landmark and the surrounding area won $30,000 in donated endodontic care. Our competition was also successfully cross promoted on social media by the competing landmark groups reaching thousands of new potential patients and earned dozens of media hits---which also helped increase awareness about endodontists throughout the United States!
Persuasive Digital Ads
The Association has been running a cutting-edge digital ad campaign and its ads have appeared in places like Manhattan’s Times Square and on multiple online news sources web pages.
Since launching, there have been 3,275,122 impressions on AAE’s ads.*
As Seen In
Since launching Worth Saving, traffic to the Association’s patient site increased!
| AAE Patient Website Users | Q4 2018 | Q1 2019 | Q2 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Saving Campaign Launched | Deployed Additional Tactics | ||
| Total Patient Site Users | 255,578 | 276,583 | 360,147 |
| % change in users from prior quarter | 8% | 30% | |
| % change in users since campaign launch | 41% |
Facebook Fans:
28,643
4.99% growth
Twitter Followers:
3,130
8.99% growth
Free Advertising from Google:
4,893
FME (findmyendo) Clicks
65% growth
Stats are from January 2019 through June 2019
“Like our treasured state parks or a beloved family heirloom, a person's natural teeth are worth saving!”
“Some things, like your natural teeth, are truly worth the effort to take care of and preserve. And most Americans agree.”
“The Charles River Esplanade is one of four national landmarks in a contest started by the American Association of Endodontists in an effort to recognize the importance of natural preservation.”
“Percentage of millennials who ranked teeth as the No. 1 thing they would save or maintain about their body, compared to baby boomers' preference for saving their eyesight, according to a survey conducted by the American Association of Endodontists: 24”
Compelling Videos
The AAE produced professional videos to truly get into the spirit of what's "Worth Saving" and to get to know some other "savers" out there who work to save, preserve and revere something.
We all know endodontists specialize in saving teeth. But to truly get into the spirit of treasuring what's "Worth Saving", we wanted to get to know some other "savers" out there who work to save other things that are worth preserving and revering.
In this first "saver" video, our very own Dr. Louis E. Rossman sat down with Jilliann Wilcox, senior art conservator with Philadelphia's Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts to learn more about what it is that she saves -- and also talk teeth.
Worth Saving Articles
CU School of Dental Medicine Division of Endodontics Seeking Area Volunteers for Access to Care Initiative
CU School of Dental Medicine Division of Endodontics (Aurora, Colo.) would like to partner with AAE members to help their adult patients (18 or older) who are contemplating extracting a tooth because of financial constraints.
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Campaign Update: Boston Dental Schools Donate Root Canal Treatments to Local Patients in Need
On Nov. 18, the AAE provided more than 50 endodontic treatments (namely root canals) to patients in need in the Boston area. The services were given in collaboration with the endodontics departments at all three Boston dental schools: Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Division of Endodontics; and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Department of Endodontics.
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Study: This Halloween, People More Scared of Root Canals Than Spiders, Snakes, Sharks
Endodontist survey also finds majority unable to identify safest Halloween candies for teeth CHICAGO — Part of the fun of Halloween is being afraid –…
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American Association of Endodontists’ Web Traffic Surges Since Debut of Worth Saving Awareness Campaign
CHICAGO – Traffic to the American Association of Endodontists’ (AAE) patient website aae.org/patients increased 41 percent since the launch of the Association’s “Worth Saving” campaign.…
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Your natural teeth are worth saving
CHICAGO – The human body is something to marvel at, but sometimes we take it for granted. Some things, like your natural teeth, are truly…
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Landmarks Preservation Contest Highlights What’s Worth Saving
CHICAGO – The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) is encouraging members and patients alike to vote for their favorite of four urban landmarks. The contest…
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