Meet Our Team

The entire staff at Smiles Los Gatos is committed to ensuring you have the best possible experience. We have created a warm, inviting environment to welcome families and patients of all ages, and our extensive training and broad expertise allows us to treat a wide variety of dental and periodontal problems in one convenient location.

Dr. Bliss Zin

Dr. Bliss Zin grew up in Daly City, California, and is a graduate of UC Davis. She received her doctorate from University of the Pacific Dental School. Dr. Zin decided to go into dentistry to help others after a life-changing experience volunteering for a dental humanitarian trip to Costa Rica during college. Since then, she’s gone on numerous trips with a group of colleagues to provide dental care to less fortunate populations in many developing countries. She enjoys traveling to remote areas, setting up dental clinics in community centers, schools, or sometimes even outdoors, and being able to treat anyone who walks through the clinic. She also takes pride in doing volunteer work locally through CDA Cares.

In addition to general dentistry, Dr. Zin has advanced training in dental implants, orthodontics through Invisalign, and she thoroughly enjoys making people smile through smile makeovers.

Outside of dentistry, Dr. Zin loves to spend time traveling and visiting warm tropical beaches. To limit travel in the last couple of months, however, she has taken many weekend road trips to Gold Country with her partner, who has recently taken up gold panning as a hobby. So far, he has been very unsuccessful. Dr. Zin is a fan of Bay Area sport teams and can’t wait to watch the 49ers play in person again.

Dr. Zin is grateful to be included in your circle of trusted healthcare professionals.

Dr. Alyssa Takeda

Dr. Takeda was born and raised in Fresno, California and graduated from California State University Fresno with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences. Her interest in dentistry stems from her family as her father is a dentist practicing in Fresno. Prior to attending dental school, Dr. Takeda spent time observing her father’s practice and admired the relationship he had built with each of his patients. She also had the unique experience of serving with her father through local dental mission trips in the greater Fresno area, including her father’s hometown. Dr. Takeda attended dental school at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco and graduated with honors as a member of the Tau Kappa Omega dental honor society. During dental school, she continued to provide service to those in need; she represented her class as the leader of the school’s annual dental mission trip to Fiji for two years. After dental school, Dr. Takeda returned to Fresno to complete a rigorous General Practice Residency at Community Regional Medical Center and VA Central California Health Care System.

Dr. Takeda is thrilled to be with Smiles Los Gatos and is committed to dental excellence and superior patient care. She cares for her patients with the same consideration and attention to quality dentistry that she would for herself or her family. Her goal is to make every patient feel special and to make them a partner in their oral health care treatment. She strives to build the relationships with patients that she witnessed while observing her father’s practice.

In her spare time, Dr. Takeda enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, Maddox and Parker. They are avid hikers and love to travel but also enjoy time at home cooking and having spontaneous dance parties. Dr. Takeda continues to serve the community through her involvement with the Junior League of San Jose.