DR.KATETALKS
Dentist. Mom. Advocate.
Recent Blog Posts
February 13, 2020
“When you’re ripe, you rot. When you’re green, you’re growing”
I love that quote. It challenges me to be the eternal student, never stopping in my que...
February 7, 2020
Aging is a blessing, but doing it properly is one of the hallmarks to success in my opinion. Take these tips from one dentist to another on how to fig...
January 24, 2020
Hi everybody, it’s Dr. Kate, and I wanted to talk to you about one of the things that I do in my practice that I feel benefits patients and the dental...
November 15, 2019
As the Thanksgiving season is almost upon us, I (and every podcast, blog, and IG post) have found myself pondering what i'm most grateful for. I try...
September 27, 2019
For many adults, high school is a time they are glad is over, done, finito. Some remember their adolescent years as traumatic and cringe at the prospe...
August 30, 2019
Whew, summer has been a wild ride! Between three epic summer family vacations, baseball games/tourneys/trips for two boys, dance competitions, triathl...
July 11, 2019
I wrote my thoughts down first when my grandmother graciously bequeathed her piano to me as she knew how much I loved it, and her, by extension. Now t...
June 28, 2019
What does joy mean to you? It's hard to define. Joy does not equal happiness though, it's simpler than that. It is a physical sensation that is trigge...
May 17, 2019
In early February I was asked by my leadership team to be the keynote speaker at our CenterPoint continuing education program for all of our 10 practi...
April 19, 2019
One month ago today, I was heading home from an epic adventure with my whole family and three special team members to the eastern highlands of Guatema...
February 15, 2019
The big day is approaching. March 8 is when my husband and I are leading a team of dental professionals, their teams, and our own family into the hig...
November 28, 2018
Becoming Your Best: #Last90Days Challenge
One of my team members, Misty Boehm, office manager of New Horizons Dental Care of Lenexa, came to me in Nove...
November 2, 2018
As anyone who is head of a household and an office team, the summer and start of school is a chaotic time (or "blessedly full" in the words of one ove...
September 22, 2018
Each day I look at a lot of different teeth, as we all do as general dentists. In hygiene checks, not only do I check the health of the teeth, gingi...
August 23, 2018
I finallyreached the end of my own personal journey with Invisalign treatment. After a mere 20 weeks, I am thrilled with the changes that these clear...