Education and Exprerience
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Dr. Tran has been practicing dentistry for more than seven years. She graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry (in Louisville, Kentucky) in 1998. She graduated in the top ten percent of her class. She is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry. Prior to her dental training, she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology, with honor Cum Laude, from the George Washington University in Washington D.C in 1993.
Upon graduation from dental school, Dr. Tran worked as a staff dentist for the United States Army at Fort Lee, Virginia for two years. Dr. Tran received extensive training in oral surgery while she practiced dentistry in the Army. Dr. Tran was awarded the "Best Dentist" award, a selected award for a few best dentists in the Army. After her departure from the Army, Dr. Tran continued her dental career as a dental associate for a private group practice in Northern Virginia. While in private practice, she developed and had a passion for endodontics (root canal therapy). She took hundreds of hours of dental continuing education. She performed many root canal treatments and was often praised by her patients as having a gentle touch. Dr. Tran also loves to treat children- she has many nieces, nephews and a daughter of her own. She is a very patient and gentle dentist to all her patients, children and adults alike. She understands that young patients tend to have apprehension and ambiguity when visiting the dentist. Dr. Tran is willing to take her time to explain every step of the treatment to make each child's dental visit as painless and pleasant as possible. As her career advanced, Dr. Tran desired to provide more service to her patients- she wanted to touch her patients' lives by giving them the beautiful smile. She took advanced training in Esthetic Dentistry at the University of Southern California. In addition, she constantly reviews numerous esthetic dental articles to stay abreast of the fast-changing dental technology and material. Dr. Tran strives to provide excellent esthetic dental treatment for her patients. Dr. Tran strongly believes that each and every patient is unique with specific need and goal. She takes her time to talk, listen and understand each of her patient's need before she treats him or her with great care. Dr. Tran utilizes and integrates the latest technology (e.g. dental material, technique, software and hardware equipment) to her dental practice to streamline for efficiencies, and bring comfort to her patients. Dr. Tran's entire office is fully computerized to provide faster, more efficient operation and customer service to her patients. Her dental office is fully equipped with digital X-rays to eliminate ninety percent of the radiation associated with traditional film X-rays. Additionally, each of her dental operatories is equipped with an intraoral camera to enable her patients to view their dental problems and her proposed diagnosis on a large computer screen. The utilization of the intraoral camera eliminates patients' confusion and motivates them toward long-term positive oral health care. With the state of the art dental practice and Dr. Tran's gentle touch, with years of experience, each patient is absolutely guaranteed to receive optimal dental care, and extraordinary customer service. Call her office today to schedule your dental appointment! |

