Phelps shares his passion for water...and its conservation. Check out the full story on CNN here. #everydropcounts
Happy Friday,
Dr. Lynda Tran
18 May 2018
Tooth-Mounted Sensor Tracks What You Eat
We are well into March and I wanted to share what might be the next "wearable" to come to the market. This sensor that is placed on a tooth surface can help track what we consume daily. Check out the article here. Pretty neat stuff!
Monitoring in real time what happens in and around our bodies can be invaluable in the context of health care or clinical studies, but not so easy to do. That could soon change thanks to new, miniaturized sensors developed by researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering that, when mounted directly on a tooth and communicating wirelessly with a mobile device, can transmit information on glucose, salt and alcohol intake. In research to be published soon in the journal Advanced Materials, researchers note that future adaptations of these sensors could enable the detection and recording of a wide range of nutrients, chemicals and physiological states.
Happy Near Miss Day,
Dr. Lynda Tran
23 February 2018
Pet Dental Health: What You Need to Know
Happy 2018! Can you believe that it is already February?! We all hope your year has been starting off well. The inspiration behind today's post is from my dog Ash who recently broke his tooth!
Along with our own oral health, it is important to know a few key things about our pet's oral health as well. Check out an article from Parade.com that summarizes a few things to keep note of.
Happy Friday everyone,
Dr. Lynda Tran
21 November 2017
Happy Holidays from Kai Family Dentistry!
From all of us at Kai Family Dentistry, we wish you a wonderful holiday season. For the rest of 2017, we will be opened the following dates:
- November 28th - Dec 1st
- Dec 5th - 7th
- Dec 14th - 17th
We hope you have a wonderful rest of the year and we will see you in 2018!
Toast to another amazing year,
Dr. Lynda Tran
27 October 2017
Unique Floss Turns Ritual Into Luxury Treat
As Halloween looms around the corner, I'm excited to share that Dr. Chrystal Cu from San Mateo has developed a wonderful option to our oral hygiene routine. Cocofloss aims at sprucing up the flossing experience by using "500 loosely woven polyester filaments coated with microcyrstalline wax, coconut oil, essential oils, and aromas". Hopefully, this will add to the experience of flossing and get more of us to floss daily!
For the full story from Fast Company, click here.
Happy Halloween,
Dr. Lynda Tran
15 October 2017
Tooth Cracker 5000 Helps Extract Stem Cells
As stem cells become further studied and used in medicine, researchers are discovering teeth as a great source of stem cells. It is possible that this new device that is jokingly called the "Tooth Cracker 5000" may allow researchers to quadruple the number of stem cells harvested.
“Potential real-world application of this technology is to assist dental pulp stem cell researchers and companies that store dental stem cells with improving their yields,” Mah said. “At this time, we plan to improve upon the current design and conduct testing with a variety of tooth shapes, but we are open to collaborations with other researchers and industry.”
For the full story, click here.
Happy October,
Dr. Lynda Tran
29 September 2017
World Heart Day - A Focus on Teeth
In an article by Dr. Luke Cronin, he discusses the important links between our oral health and our heart health.
The link between oral health and a healthy heart is stronger than you might have realised, and this World Heart Day. People with poor oral health have an increased number of bad bacteria, which can travel through your bloodstream to your stomach and heart, and create serious health problems.
For the full article, please check it out here. If you have questions about other ways to protect your heart through oral care, please drop me a message.
Wishing everyone a healthy and happy heart,
Dr. Lynda Tran
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