Our 1st Birthday!

It's hard to believe that a year has passed by since Kai Family Dentistry started! What a year it has been, too. We are so thankful for all the support from our wonderful patients. Lots of exciting things to come for the practice, so stay tuned!

We'll save you a slice of cake,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

How Smiling Changes Your Brain

A recent article from Fast Company details the awesome benefits of smiling. Notably, a study from Penn State University discovered that "people who smile appear more likable, courteous and even more competent". The benefits for smiling can even result when you're faking it! Check out the full article by clicking on image above. 

So here's my prescription to you:
Drug: Smiles
Dispense: 10^6
Instructions: Take at least 5 times a day and as needed.
Side Effects: Facial muscles may become sore with excessive smiling. Best taken with a few laughs. Risk of overdose unlikely.
Refills: Absolutely!

Doctor's orders,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

A Shark-Tooth-Power Saw in Action

Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone's new year is starting off well. To start things off this year, we have a shark-tooth power saw made by biologist to study the chewing habits of sharks. Check out the full article here or below. Pretty neat stuff!



Have an awesome Friday,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

The Ultimate Dentist Playlist

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As the Christmas music starts to play to prepare us for the holidays, I was curious as to what songs are inspirational for dentists. After a quick Google search, I was surprised to find so many songs written about dentists/teeth/smiles. Check it out...

Drop that beat,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

Songs For Dentists

1. Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow
2. Your Gold Teeth – Steely Dan
3. Sea of Teeth – Sparklehorse
4. Skin And Teeth – Joe Henry
5. Dedicated Thespian Has Teeth Pulled To Play Newborn Baby in High School Play – Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo
6. Perfect Teeth – Motion City Soundtrack
7. Wooden Teeth – Best Boy Electric
8. Summer Teeth – Wilco
9. Straight Tooth Smile – Emma Gibbs Band
10. Teeth In The Grass – Iron & Wine
11. Smile – Eric Clapton
12. Milky Teeth – Tindersticks
13. Dentist – Lee “Scratch” Perry
14. Brooken Tooth – Campfire Girls
15. I’m Your Dentist, Girl – Plasmabat
16. Tooth And Nail – Foreigner
17. I Dreamed My Dentist Was Yusef Lateef – Better Daze Remix – Better Daze
18. Brush Your Teeth – The Queers
19. Teeth – The Mekons
20. Apprenice Dentist – Lone Ranger
21. Pulling Teeth – Green Day
22. 28 Teeth – (The Hot Party mix) – Buck-O-Nine
23. Tooth And Nail – Dokken
24. Punched In The Teeth By Love – Motley Crue
25. Second Tooth – Skinny Puppy
26. Sweet Tooth – Marilyn Manson
27. Pulling Teeth – Cut Throat
28. Broken Tooth – Nikki Sudden
29. Enter The Tooth Fairy – Steve Tilston
30. Since I Lost My Tooth – Daniel Johnston
31. Your Gold Teeth II – Steely Dan

The $4000 Toothbrush

For a whopping $4,000, you can own your very own all-titanium toothbrush! For more details, check out this article from Consumerist.com. From a dentist's point of view, the best toothbrush is the one that a) has soft bristles and b) you'll use twice a day!

Happy Veterans' Day,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

Toothsavers App!

This fun, interactive app reminds kids to brush twice a day for two minutes. While this fairy tale kingdom is geared towards kids, adults are welcome to play too! Learn more about the app below...

Best,
Dr. Lynda Tran
KaiDentistry.com

New Toothsavers Game!

Game encourages kids to brush for two minutes, twice a day through interactive fairy tale kingdom adventure!

With Children's Dental Health Month around the corner, the Ad Council and the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives have released a new, free mobile gaming app, Toothsavers, in an effort to motivate parents and caregivers to take action to reduce their children's risk of oral disease. This interactive game makes toothbrushing fun by encouraging kids to save friendly fairy tale characters from the evil, cavity-creating sorceress who cast a wicked tooth-rotting spell on the kingdom. The goal of the game is to motivate children to save their own teeth by brushing their teeth two minutes, twice a day. Click here to watch a preview of Toothsavers.

Created by the Ad Council and the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives, Toothsavers is part of our successful Kids' Healthy Mouths campaign. We hope you will share this game with your patients so that we motivate parents to take action to reduce their children's risk of oral disease by making sure their kids are brushing their teeth for two minutes, twice a day.

8 Tips for Healthier Teeth

It's some times very helpful and important to go back to the basics. Below, you'll find a neat infographic of 8 Tips for Healthier Teeth. I hope you'll find a new tip or two, or just a nice reminder of a few you might have forgotten. :)

Happy Columbus Day,

Dr. Lynda Tran

KaiDentistry.com