Dr. Kim's Blog

Your taste buds enable you to identify all the different tastes from sweet to sour. In total, you have roughly 10,000 taste buds that line your tongue, and each taste…

If you spent most of 2017 with ongoing dental issues, you’re probably pretty motivated to make sure you’re heading into the new year with a healthy smile that you can…

We all age in different ways – and our teeth are no different. As the years pass, our pearly whites need slightly different types of care, and there are new…

Your toothbrush is on its last legs – the bristles are splayed side to side, and the blue indicator stripe has all but disappeared. So do you just grab another…

Bad breath is embarrassing, there's no way around it. This can end up leading some of us to ignore the problem.

Sounds like the tooth fairy might be out of a job. Some parents are now choosing to keep their children’s baby teeth. While this might sound like a standard parental…

When you love what you do, you naturally want to help others find a similar path. Dr. Kim Okamura has gained such joy from her career that she’s now mentoring…

There are plenty of clichés about the smile. But do some of them actually hold a kernel of truth? From childhood,

Chocolate is actually better for your teeth than stickier options! Try to make it your first choice for holiday candy

Unfortunately, it’s a scary world that we live in, and parents are always on the lookout for ways to keep their kids safe. But when it comes to your child’s…