Karissa Koster, DMD

Dr. Karissa Koster, originally from Wilbraham, MA, earned her dental degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and continued with her pediatric residency at The Lutheran Medical Center in Holyoke, MA. A master at flossing throughout school—both teeth and the dance move—she’s always up for a dance-off challenge!

Outside of the office, Dr. Koster enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and exploring new places. Having moved to the area with her family in May 2019, Dr. Koster is always open to recommendations for new family-friendly activities or restaurants.

• Favorite color: Purple

• Favorite children’s movie: “Finding Nemo” (pretty sure I can recite the entire movie)

• Favorite singalong Disney song: One Jump from “Aladdin”

• Favorite game to play: Catch Phrase

• Go-to summer activity: Swimming in the ocean

• Go-to winter activity: Waiting for summer

• Do you have any skills or talents that most people don't know about? Upside down flossing...I joke about it but seriously I can floss while standing on my head.

• If I were a superhero, my superpower would be: Teleportation: goodbye traffic jams, hello breakfast in Disney and dinner in Rome!

• What are you most passionate about professionally? Making kids laugh

• What excites you the most about your work? The fact that all of us here have the same goal: making kids smile.

• Tell us about your team and what makes them so exceptional! The team at The Smile Lodge is so incredible. I was a cheerleader and I remember needing to feel like I trusted any teammate to literally catch me after flying through the air...I won’t be flying through the office but I know everyone here would catch me if I fell and I hope they know I’d catch them too.

• What else should our patients know about you? I can’t wait for the new Wonder Woman movie to come out!!