Meet Dr. Demian Kim, DDS

Dr. Demian Kim opened Forest Dental Café in Frisco, Texas in 2015 and has practiced at the same address ever since, treating many of the same families year after year.

That continuity is worth stating plainly, because it is increasingly rare. Corporate dental groups rotate dentists between offices, and patients often find a different name on the door each time they return. Here, the dentist who placed your crown years ago is the one who checks it today.

Education and Training

Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) — New York University College of Dentistry, 2011

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry — University of California, San Diego

NYU College of Dentistry is the largest dental school in the United States, and its patient volume means graduates finish with unusually broad clinical exposure — a foundation that shows up in a general practice where root canals, surgical extractions, implants, and cosmetic cases all happen under one roof.

Dr. Kim has practiced dentistry since 2011.

Same Location Since 2015

Forest Dental Café opened at 8075 FM 423 in 2015 and has been there ever since.

Longevity matters in dentistry for a specific clinical reason, not just a sentimental one. Dental problems develop over years. A dentist who has watched the same tooth across a decade knows whether that small crack is new or whether it has been stable since the patient’s first visit — and that context changes whether the right answer is to treat it now or keep watching.

Patients who move between practices lose that history. Records transfer; judgment does not.

It also means the five-year guarantee on Dr. Kim’s work is backed by someone who intends to still be here when it matters.

Korean-Speaking Dental Care

Dr. Kim speaks Korean and treats Korean-speaking patients in their own language.

For dental care specifically, that is more than a convenience. Consent, symptom description, and post-operative instructions all depend on precise language. A patient describing a tooth as throbbing versus sensitive to cold is telling the dentist two different things clinically, and that distinction is easy to lose through translation or through a family member interpreting.

Patients throughout Frisco, Plano, Carrollton, and The Colony are welcome to book in Korean by calling 214.469.1001.

한국어 진료 안내 김 원장님은 한국어 진료도 병행하십니다. 증상 설명, 치료 계획, 주의사항까지 편하게 한국어로 상담하실 수 있습니다. 예약 문의는 214.469.1001로 연락 주십시오.

Why There Is a Café Inside a Dental Office

The name is not a metaphor. There is an actual café lounge in the practice.

It started from a simple observation: almost nobody looks forward to a dental appointment. The waiting room is where that dread concentrates — fluorescent light, old magazines, the sound of a drill somewhere down the hall.

Dr. Kim happens to genuinely love coffee, and he kept thinking that if patients had to be somewhere they did not want to be, the room could at least be somewhere they did not mind sitting. So the waiting area became a café lounge.

The practical effect is larger than expected. Parents bringing a child can have a coffee instead of watching a clock. Patients who arrive tense have something to do with their hands. And people tend to be more relaxed in a room that does not look like a medical waiting room — which makes the appointment itself go better.

It is a small thing that changes the tone of the visit. That was the entire idea.

How Dr. Kim Approaches Patient Care

Treat people like family, not like a schedule.

Many dental practices operate on volume — overbooked columns, patients moved through quickly, a dentist who appears for four minutes between operatories. It works as a business model. It does not produce good dentistry.

Dr. Kim built this practice around the opposite approach:

Time per patient. Enough of it to explain what is happening and why, and to answer the question a patient is embarrassed to ask.

Say when treatment is not needed. Watching a small area rather than filling it is sometimes the right call. So is telling a patient that whitening will get them what they want and veneers will not.

Refer when someone else is better placed. A complex root canal, a child who needs sedation, a case beyond what a general practice should take on. Sending a patient elsewhere is not a lost appointment — it is the appointment doing its job.

Stand behind the work. The five-year guarantee exists because of this. Offering a term that long is only possible if the work is planned carefully and done right the first time — which means the extra appointment to get a margin right, rather than the rushed version that gets redone in three years.

Outside the Office

Dr. Kim cooks, makes coffee, and runs.

The coffee is not a casual interest — it is the reason there is a café in the waiting room, and he takes the brewing seriously enough that patients occasionally get a lecture about it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where did Dr. Kim go to dental school? New York University College of Dentistry, graduating in 2011 with a Doctor of Dental Surgery. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego.

How long has Dr. Kim been practicing in Frisco? He opened Forest Dental Café in 2015 and has been at the same location on FM 423 ever since.

Does Dr. Kim speak Korean? Yes. Korean-speaking patients can discuss symptoms, treatment plans, and aftercare in Korean.

Will I see Dr. Kim every visit, or a different dentist? Dr. Kim is the dentist here. There is no rotation between locations and no chance of a different name on the door next year.

What is the five-year guarantee? Dr. Kim guarantees the dental work he performs for five years — considerably longer than the industry standard, and longer than most practices offer at all. The specific terms are reviewed with you in writing as part of your treatment plan.

Is Dr. Kim taking new patients? Yes. Call 214.469.1001 or request an appointment online.

Book an Appointment

Forest Dental Café serves patients throughout Frisco, Little Elm, The Colony, Prosper, and north Plano. Evening and every-other-Saturday appointments are available.

Call 214.469.1001 or request an appointment online.

8075 FM 423, Suite 110, Frisco, TX 75036