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Avalon Family Dentistry General Dentist / Cosmetic Dentist serving the greater Seattle-Tacoma area for over 30 years.

As your dentists in Federal Way, Dr. Hannah Doan has been providing excellent dental care for 9 years, and alongside with Dr. Josephine Lee, who has been offering committed and caring family dentistry since 1997. At Avalon Family Dentistry, we believe in high quality, comprehensive dental care for the entire family. Our desire is to help you achieve your dental health goals while utilizing the most advanced technology, coupled with our gentle, skilled technique. We specialize in providing patients with Dental Implants, Crowns and Periodontal Care, in addition to a wide range of other dental services. Visit us today for the beautiful and natural-looking smile you’ve always wanted!

💍✨ A little love story from our Avalon family!Last month, our wonderful hygienist Julia said YES! 💕💐We're so happy to ce...
10/16/2026

💍✨ A little love story from our Avalon family!

Last month, our wonderful hygienist Julia said YES! 💕💐

We're so happy to celebrate this exciting new chapter in her life. Julia brings such a gentle touch, a calming presence, and a bright smile to our office—and now she has another beautiful reason to smile!

Julia, we're so excited for you and your fiancé as you begin this next adventure together. Wishing you both a lifetime filled with love, laughter, friendship, and countless happy memories. ❤️

Please help us congratulate Julia on her engagement! 🥂💍

10/07/2026

A little spooky season makeover at Avalon… 🎃👻

Every year, I tell myself I don't have to decorate anything.

And every year, somehow, I end up decorating the office myself. 😂

I love finding little ways to make our office feel warm, welcoming, and a little more fun—because going to the dentist doesn't always have to feel so serious.

So for October, the teeth get a little spooky, the office gets a little festive, and hopefully our patients get a little extra reason to smile. 🦷🕷️

Welcome to spooky season at Avalon! 🎃

09/30/2026

Your mouth is connected to everything. 🦷
On blood thinners? This is a conversation we need to have before we do anything in this chair.
Here is what you need to know:
💊 Common blood thinners we see — Warfarin, Xarelto, Plavix. If you are on any of these your dental team needs to know.
🩸 Any procedure involving bleeding requires extra planning — extractions, deep cleanings, gum treatment. Blood thinners mean bleeding takes longer to stop. We need to prepare for that.
⚠️ Please do not stop your blood thinners before your appointment without talking to your physician first — this is the most important thing in this entire post. Stopping abruptly puts you at serious risk for a clot, a stroke, or a cardiac event. The risk of stopping your medication is almost always greater than the risk of dental bleeding.
✅ We have ways to manage bleeding. What we cannot manage is a stroke in our dental chair.
Tell us what you are taking. We will coordinate with your physician as needed. And we will plan your treatment to keep you safe. 🤍
Save this and share it with someone on blood thinners. It could be the most important thing they read today. 👇🦷

09/24/2026

Last weekend we did something we don't do enough of.
We stopped. We gathered. And we just — enjoyed each other.
The Avalon team — and our families — came together for one last summer celebration. Badminton. Board games. Good food. And a whole lot of conversations about life that had nothing to do with dentistry. 😄
These are the moments that remind me why building a team is about so much more than just who shows up to work every day.
It is about the people who show up for each other. Who laugh together. Who bring their families and let them become part of our Avalon family too.
A great dental team is not built in the operatory. It is built in moments exactly like this one. 🤍
To my incredible team — thank you for everything you bring to Avalon every single day. And thank you for one perfect summer memory.
Here's to fall. And to many more weekends just like this one. 🍂🏸

09/16/2026

Your mouth is connected to everything. 🦷
Had a hip, knee, or shoulder replacement? Your dental team needs to know. Every single visit.
Here is why:
🦠 Mouth bacteria can travel to your prosthetic joint — unlike a natural joint, an artificial joint has no immune defense of its own. Once bacteria attaches it is very hard for your body to fight off. Treatment often means surgery — sometimes replacing the entire joint again.
💊 What about antibiotic premedication? — current ADA guidelines no longer routinely recommend antibiotics for all joint replacement patients before dental procedures. But every patient is different. Your orthopedic surgeon may still recommend it based on how recent your surgery was, your immune health, and the type of procedure being done.
🤝 Your dental team and medical team need to work together — we are not working in isolation. We are part of your overall healthcare picture.
This is why we update your medical history every single year. Because your health changes. And what we do in this chair needs to match what is happening in your body. 🤍
If you have had a joint replacement — tell your dentist. Every time. Without fail.
Save this and share it with someone who has had a joint replacement. 👇🦷

08/31/2026

My dental journey didn't start in the US. It started in Vietnam.

I studied dentistry from 2005 to 2011. Graduated. Started practicing. And somewhere along the way I made a decision that would change everything — I wanted to come to the US.

But it was not as simple as packing a bag and showing up.

International dentists cannot simply move to the US and start practicing. There is a whole process. Board exams. Applications. More school. So for five years I worked as a dentist in Vietnam while preparing for that process — studying for exams in a second language for a system I had never trained in.

I moved to the US in 2016.

And then the real challenges began.

English was one of the hardest things I have ever had to navigate — not just learning the language but learning to communicate with confidence. In a clinical setting. With patients who were nervous. With professors and classmates who seemed so articulate and so sure of themselves.

And that brings me to the other challenge — the one I did not talk about for a long time.

I always felt like I did not know enough. Like everyone around me was smarter. More prepared. More confident. I would sit in a room full of classmates and feel like they all had access to something I did not.

That feeling stayed with me longer than I want to admit.

But I kept going. Because the dream was bigger than the insecurity.

And today I own Avalon Family Dentistry. A practice I am proud of. A team I love. Patients who feel like family.

But I want to be clear about something —

My journey is not unique. My challenges are not the biggest. My story is one of thousands of people who left everything familiar to start over somewhere new. Who worked twice as hard just to have a seat at the table.

Every single one of us has a story worth telling. A dream worth mentioning. A journey worth sharing.

Whatever yours looks like right now — in the middle of the hard part, in the uncertainty, in the starting over —

Keep going. Your story is not finished yet. 🤍🦷"

She didn't come to us because she wanted a prettier smile. At 80 years old, she came because she wanted to protect her h...
08/23/2026

She didn't come to us because she wanted a prettier smile. At 80 years old, she came because she wanted to protect her health, improve function, and keep her teeth for as long as possible.

She had one missing front tooth, while several of her other front teeth were beginning to crumble. Her motivation wasn't vanity—it was health and longevity. And I thought, why settle? With proper planning, why not have all three: health, longevity, and aesthetics?

We restored her smile with 2 crowns and 1 bridge, and here's something you may not notice from the photos:
** it actually looks better one year after treatment than it did on the day we inserted it. **

That's because gums need time to heal and mature. We carefully planned where we wanted the gum line to be and made some gum modifications to create a more even, natural contour. On the day of insertion, the tissues were still healing, so the gums didn't yet look completely natural. One year later, the tissues have matured, and that subtle difference makes a significant impact on the overall result.

These are details that patients may not always notice, but dentists do. And admittedly, I have a little bit of OCD when it comes to dentistry. 😅 If I know something can be better, I have a hard time settling for "good enough."

More importantly, I want people to know that **you don't have to choose between function, longevity, and aesthetics.** With thoughtful planning, it's possible to have all three.

Wanting to improve something about yourself doesn't mean you're vain or unhappy with yourself. Sometimes, it simply means you value what you have and want to take good care of it.

For this patient, the goal wasn't to look younger or become someone else. It was to have a healthy, functional, long-lasting smile that she could feel good about for many years to come.

**Healthy. Functional. Long-lasting. Beautiful.**

Why choose one when, with the right planning, you can have all?

08/15/2026

One sentence has quietly guided my life for more than 20 years:
"What else can I do today?"

I first read Good Luck: Creating the Conditions for Success in Life and Business when I was 17. It changed the way I think about success. The book taught me that luck isn't something you wait for—it's something you prepare for. Looking back, there were so many moments that could have convinced me to quit.
• Graduating from dental school in Vietnam, barely able to speak English.�
• Being accepted into dental school in the U.S., then having to give up my spot because I couldn't get a student loan.�
• Buying a dental practice in a new country without knowing how to run a business.

At the time, none of those moments made sense.
Today, I see they weren't detours. They were preparation.
I've learned that patience isn't passive. It's choosing to keep planting seeds when you can't see the harvest.
Read one chapter.�
Learn one skill.�
Help one person.�
Take one more step.
You never know which small decision today will become the turning point you recognize years from now.

So whenever life feels uncertain, I come back to the same question:
What else can I do today?
👇 What's one small step you're taking today that your future self will thank you for?

08/09/2026

Your mouth is connected to everything. 🦷
And when it comes to heart conditions — this is a connection we take incredibly seriously.
Here is what most people don't know:
🦠 The bacteria in your mouth can travel to your heart — for patients with certain heart conditions like heart valve problems or congenital heart defects, that bacteria can cause a life threatening infection called bacterial endocarditis. This is why some heart patients need antibiotic premedication before dental procedures.
❤️ Gum disease and heart disease are strongly linked — the same inflammation and bacteria that destroy your gum tissue can enter your bloodstream and contribute to arterial plaque buildup. People with gum disease are significantly more likely to have heart disease.
🩺 Recent heart attack or cardiac procedure? — there is a window of time after a cardiac event where dental treatment needs to wait. Your heart heals first. Always.

Some stories don't go the way you expect—and we're so grateful ours didn't.When I purchased Avalon Family Dentistry from...
08/02/2026

Some stories don't go the way you expect—and we're so grateful ours didn't.

When I purchased Avalon Family Dentistry from Dr. Lee in 2020, the plan was simple: she would stay for two years to continue caring for her long-time patients and help with the transition.

Then something unexpected happened.

We genuinely enjoyed working together. Five years later, she's still here, still caring for patients with the same kindness she's shown since becoming the owner in 1997, and we're hoping she'll stay for many more years.

Even more special, many of the team members who worked alongside Dr. Lee years ago are still here today. That kind of loyalty says everything about the people who make Avalon what it is.

This weekend the whole team (with the special guest - our friend Diana) celebrated an incredible milestone—Dr. Lee's 60th birthday! 🎉

Happy Birthday, Dr. Lee. Thank you for your friendship, your mentorship, and for helping build the culture of care that continues to make Avalon feel like home. ❤️

Some offices have coworkers. We're fortunate to have a family.

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728 South 320th Street, Federal Way
Federal Way, WA
98003

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