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Nominated Best Cosmetic Dentist!
Best of the Bay, a San Francisco Bay Area television show (seen on local NBC affiliate station, KRON Chanel 4) that spotlights local businesses, just nominated me as...

Yeah, baby, yeah!
Granted, Austin Powers can use a lot more than just straight teeth, but it shouldn't come as a surprise that crowded and/or misaligned teeth ("malocclusions") are...

The Secret Smile Makeover
Every so often, a patient will ask me about the "secret" to a healthy-feeling and looking smile. You know: something to keep those pearly whites; pearly! The one true...

What’s Keeping You From the Dentist?
The California Dental Society recently suggested that about 30% of Californians don't routinely visit a dentist! That is an alarming statistic, to say the least. I see...

Chamillionaire and the State of Social Currency
On Friday, July 30th, I was fortunate to be on a panel with other SMBs at the Social Currency CrunchUp, sponsored by TechCrunch. As a San Francisco dentist, a...

The Golden Age of Advertising?
Groupon today announced deal personalization. Simply put, this is HUGE. It was not long ago that companies relied heavily on expensive and marginally-effective print...

Irena Vaksman DDS on TechCrunch
After lots of hard work by our whole team - both on and offline, the buzz about our social media campaigns is starting to really heat up! Last week, after a visit to...

Our Response to Loic Le Meur
We’ve received a lot questions about our social media strategy since Loic Le Meur’s recent visit to our San Francisco dental office, which he followed up with his...

Loic Le Meur comments on OUR social strategy
First, some background: Loic Le Meur is the founder of Seesmic, an awesome twitter client. Loic also co-founded (with his wife, Geraldine) LeWeb, which is...

Can Gum Disease Be Reversed?
We’re excited to start communicating with you, our community. This being our FIRST blog post, we wanted to write about something that we see everyday: Gum Disease. If...