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Hi Dr. Copeland, My dentist recently told me that I have pits or small cavities in five of my upper molars. He wanted to use a laser and then fill them with composite. I have done some research and learned that ozone therapy can be used to help heal small cavities. I had been doing […]

Dr. Copeland, I was glad to find your website and the healthy way you practice, particularly with ozone. I have an ozone machine and I am wondering if there is a mold (such as a mouth guard) of some kind that I could put over a portion of my teeth that I could slowly circulate […]

Hello Dr. Copeland, I am looking for information about amalgam removal and have some questions. How do the fillings add to toxicity? How does their removal affect my health? How much does the procedure cost? I’ve been advised by my Naturopathic Physician to have my mercury amalgam fillings removed, as I have been very toxic […]

Dear Dr. Copeland, I have been seeing a nutritionist in Pismo Beach. She had many medical tests done on me, one of which showed that I have a very elevated level of “Fusobacteria spp” in my gut. She said it often stems from an underlying infection going on in the mouth. She suggested that I […]

Dear Dr. Copeland, I am very excited about your Biological Dentistry and safe removal of toxic fillings and using-compatible material. I have a question…can you also do mercury or silver fillings REMOVAL from my root canals that I had done a long time ago? Please do give me feedback at your convenience and I can’t […]

On March 12, 2014 I left the beautiful land of sunny Santa Barbara, aka Paradise, to travel with an organization called Medicine Arm in Arm (on the US side). Like myself, the director of Arm in Arm, Dorothy Steinert, lives in Santa Barbara, California. I just arrived in Swaziland and wanted to share the following […]

I often get questions from my patients concerning their children’s teeth. This particular letter had a lot of good information I thought I’d share with you. Hello, My husband and I are both patients. We currently live overseas and will be coming to Santa Barbara for a vacation and will be scheduling ourselves at that […]

The following email went out to a writer who sent in a question about tooth pain… Dear Reader, Sorry you are hurting.  Severe pain requires immediate attention. Semi (or temporary) permanent fillings are often used by dentists to describe the restoration of a tooth that is compromised or when a permanent filling must or should […]

I discovered your website this morning and I have a question I was wondering if you could answer. My daughter’s dentist is recommending she get a gold crown on one of her back molars that recently had a root canal. He said it would conserve more tooth structure than doing a porcelain crown. When researching […]

The following is an email I received from a parent concerning her daughter who had been told she needed a root canal. Her letter and my response are below: Hi…My 17 year old daughter has been told she needs a root canal (don’t believe in them). The tooth in question is the last molar in […]

I received this question from someone the other day and thought it worthy of posting the answer for all to see. It’s about receding gums, something many people suffer from. Here’s the letter with the question… Hello Dr. Copeland, I have receding gums in certain location in my mouth that are starting to bother me. […]

Today I received a comment through my site that I’m sure is of interest to many people so I decided to post it for all to read and learn from. Here is the question: Started with some surface cavities young that were filled and then in my twenties a dentist suggested doing crowns on those […]