Located in Santa Barbara, California, Whole Health Dentistry offers alternative methods of dental treatment. Dr. Cynthia Copeland, DDS, DIBDM, AIAOMT, owner of Whole Health Dentistry, is a Biological Dentist.
Biological Dentistry is a combination of traditional, general dentistry with additional studies in mercury/materials toxicity, biocompatibility, nutrition, and alignment. It also incorporates Eastern medicine philosophy and the field of energetics.
Well-being is the primary focus at Whole Health. Science-based holistic approaches and a mixture of modern traditional dentistry help achieve the best possible outcome. The oral cavity is place in its perspective as part of the whole person. Great care is taken to use natural products, biocompatible materials, and sound diagnostic skills for the attentive treatment of each individual. We are not a traditional office which perpetuates the replacement of dental restorations by treating only the result, not the cause dental disease. We do not use toxic materials, over prescribe antibiotics, or ignore systemic conditions.Simply put, at Whole Health Dentistry, we treat your entire body, not just your teeth!
The body must be sound and the immune system healthy in order for dental treatment, like all medical treatment, to be successful. Referral to and from like-minded healers in alternative and traditional physician spheres are used to enhance treatment. Education is an important aspect of the practice and time is taken to provide sources for further learning and understanding.
A native of Idaho, Dr. Copeland grew up dismantling objects in order to discover why they worked. As a youth, she attended Carnegie Mellon University on a gifted young artists scholarship. Splitting her interests in arts and science, dentistry became her choice of postgraduate study.
Dr. Copeland is dedicated to consistently exceeding continuing education requirements in Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry. She has completed the most advanced Ozone courses in Medical Dental therapies and integrative therapies available in order to provide her patients with cutting-edge dental therapies. Dr. Copeland is also now a Certified Pinhole Surgery Technique (PST) Clinician. She has responded to the frequent need of her patients for successful, biocompatible and noninvasive treatment of receding gums by studying with Dr. Chao, the developer of PST. If you are one of the many patients who want gum rejuvenation, whether for one tooth or several, Dr. Copeland is so excited to be able to offer this procedure to you.
Ive also had the opportunity to study with the late Dr. Hal Huggins, Dr. Phillip Mollica and Dr. Robert Harris, in addition to immersing myself in the type of practice that satisfies my sense of life-affirming, do no damage, patient-driven, doctor-as-teacher sense of self.
There are wonderful like-minded practitioners to collaborate withnaturopaths, physicians, acupuncture/pressure, lymphatic, nutritional, neurological and toxicity specialistswho are all helpful to the dental patient seeking optimal health. I feel honored to work with them and utilize their expertise when working with my clients.
Dr. Copelands combined background in dentistry, naturopathy and integrative biological dental medicine gives her a unique and extensive toolbox to diagnose and treat patients based on their individual needs for optimal long oral term health. Her background allows her to use a whole body approach to dentistry with every patient.
She says, Especially in medicine, often what is considered an absolute truth becomes obsolete as advances force us to re-evaluate our knowledge base and what actually helps our patients improve clinically.
I had long repeated traditional dental dictums, but lost conviction for many after clinical experience. It was high time to evaluate and implement a knowledge of holistic care that the traditional dental curriculum does not offer. This allows me to look at the whole patient, treating their dental needs, and positively affecting their overall health.
Dr. Copeland settled in Santa Barbara in 2004, where she now lives with her two lovely daughters, and a menagerie of animals. When shes not caring for patients or studying the most advanced dental therapies, Dr. Copeland enjoys activities with her girls, painting, building, cooking, and reading classics.