Alert Us to Changes
Any changes in your health should be discussed with your dentist.
Whether you’re a new patient visiting us for the first time, or a returning patient and it’s been a while since your last checkup, it’s important to update us on any changes.
Dental care is just one component of your overall health, but it’s an important one! Many conditions, diseases, and side-effects of medications can have implications for your mouth. So, we need to keep current with your entire health history, the good and the bad.
Consider these updates to your Health History
- New allergies or sensitivities
- Smoking (quit or started)
- Medications, prescription and over-the-counter
- Accidents or injuries
- Diagnosed with illness or other medical condition
- Pregnancy (Had a baby, are pregnant, planning to become pregnant)
About Yuri Kaneda, DDS
Dr. Yuri Kaneda was born in Japan and immigrated to the US when she was 4 years old with her family. She lived in Ohio, Nebraska, and Illinois before finally settling in the San Diego area. A graduate of Bonita Vista High School, she went on to the University of California Berkeley where she obtained her Bachelors in Microbiology and Immunology. After working for 2 years in growth plate research at University of California San Diego, she went to the University of California San Francisco Dental School for her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. Upon graduation, she returned to San Diego where she worked as an associate in the practice of Drs. Morimoto and Yaryan, her childhood dentist. She then started her own practice in 1995 and has been at her present location since 1999 which happens to be across the street from her high school!
