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

09 June 2017

360 Degree Toothbrush for Kids from Japanese Clinic

A real father from Fatherly weighs in on the difficulty of brushing his kids' teeth. Read his suggestion here. It's a tough battle moms and dads, but it's a battle definitely worth fighting for! :)

Wishing all the kids a great summer break,
Dr. Lynda Tran

26 May 2017

History of Dentistry in Photos


Major dental nerdom in this latest entry. It is amazing how far dentistry has come. Check out the photo history here...especially the old school ether inhaler...whoa. 

Happy Memorial Day weekend,
Dr. Lynda Tran

12 May 2017

Warning: Cuteness Ahead

What a wonderful May we're having. Here is a little video of Fiona the Hippo for your Friday cuteness. 
 
Happy Mother's Day to All the Amazing Moms!,
Dr. Lynda Tran
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