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Since Your Last Checkup…

Health History

Tell Us About Any Changes

Dental care is just one part of total health care. Because of that, we need to keep current with your entire health history, the good and the bad.

Since your last checkup, be sure to tell us if you: have experienced any new allergies or sensitivities

  • have quit smoking (or started)
  • are taking any new medications, even over-the-counter drugs
  • have had any accidents or injuries
  • have been diagnosed with any illness or other medical condition
  • have had a baby, or are planning to

We may need to use an alternative local anesthetic, for example, or administer an antibiotic before treatment, depending on what you tell us.

In turn, we’ll alert you to possible problems for you to discuss with your physician. Over 40 serious diseases—including bulimia, tumors, and diabetes—can be detected in the mouth. During a checkup, the texture, color, and condition of your tongue and gums give us clues to high blood pressure or osteoporosis.

That’s why we encourage you to make at least two dental appointments every year, especially if you don’t get annual physical exams. We’re here to make sure your teeth stay in great shape, along with the rest of your body.

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!

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