Dr. Panahpour, holistic & biological dentist on the Westside of Los Angeles
Whole body dentistry for Los Angeles, from one office on Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica. Easy to reach from the 10, with parking in the building.
- Teeth, bite, jaw and your health history in one exam
- Mercury safe removal, zirconia implants and cavitation care under one roof
- About 15 miles from downtown along the 10
- Weston A. Price Foundation
- Remarkable Dentists Podcast
- Exposing Mold Podcast
- Dr. Wendy Myers
- This Healthy Life
Los Angeles has no shortage of dentists. You need one who asks different questions.
Most dental visits start and end with the tooth that hurts. If you have a problem that keeps coming back, or a doctor who suspects your mouth is part of a bigger picture, that is not enough.
A holistic and biological dentist looks wider: what is already in your mouth, how your teeth meet, what your physician has found, and which materials your body is living with every day.
This page is for you if
- You live anywhere from downtown to the coast and want a biological dentist
- You have old amalgam fillings you would like removed safely
- A tooth, an implant or an old extraction site has never felt right
- You want your dentist and your physician talking to each other
Getting here from across Los Angeles.
Drive times from Google Maps on a weekday afternoon. Allow more at rush hour.
From downtown
About 15 miles west on the 10. Around half an hour outside rush hour.
From Hollywood
About 12 miles, usually by the 10. Roughly 35 minutes in afternoon traffic.
From Westwood
About 5 miles south on surface streets, often under 20 minutes.
Flying in to LAX
About 14 miles north on the 405, often around 25 minutes.
When you arrive
A garage in the building, so there is no circling for a space.
One office on the Westside, not a chain across the city.
Los Angeles patients are seen at one office, at 2701 Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica. Every treatment on this page happens at that address, with the same dentist.
A second office in Sacramento serves Northern California. When a plan suits both, your care moves between them without starting over.
Not sure this is right for you?
Ask Dr. Panahpour directly. The first conversation is unhurried, typically 60 to 90 minutes, by phone or in person.
Fourth generation, still studying.
Dr. Panahpour is the fourth dentist in his family. He studied at UCLA, earned his DDS at Pacific, and kept training where the field was being rewritten: NYU, Columbia, the biomimetic school in Sardinia and further study in Sweden.
He completes around 150 continuing education units a year and teaches biomimetic dentistry to other dentists. With every patient the order is the same: understand first, treat second.
I've had three surgeries with Dr. Panahpour and I couldn't be in better hands. His focus on the whole-body system, his constantly updated knowledge, and his genuine care for me as a patient are second to none. I would whole-heartedly recommend him to anyone who wants to understand the connection between oral health and body health.
What is offered at the Santa Monica office
The same protocols for every patient, wherever in Los Angeles you are coming from.
Safe mercury filling removal
Old silver fillings taken out under the SMART protocol, with the tooth isolated and vapour captured at the source.
Safe removal, step by step
Zirconia implants
Ceramic, metal free implants planned on a 3D scan. Part of this practice since 2001.
About zirconia implants
Cavitation surgery
Old extraction sites that never healed well, found on cone beam imaging rather than a flat x-ray.
About cavitation surgery
Bite therapy and TMJ
How your teeth meet is measured before restorative work, because the bite affects the jaw and the muscles around it.
How bite therapy works
Ozone therapy
Medical grade ozone used to disinfect the field. In this practice since 2008.
How ozone is used
Biomimetic restoration
Bonded restorations that keep more of the natural tooth, often an alternative to a crown.
How biomimetic worksVisit us in Santa Monica.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Parking
- Garage in the building
- Nearby
- Five minutes from Venice and Mar Vista
- Hours
- By appointment
- Phone
- (310) 986-6001
Patients also travel in from across Southern California and from more than fourteen countries.
What people ask before booking.
Anything else, ask Dr. Panahpour directly.
Ask a question ›Is there a biological dentist in Los Angeles?
Yes. Dr. Panahpour practices holistic and biological dentistry at 2701 Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, on the Westside of Los Angeles. He is IAOMT accredited and SMART certified.
What is the difference between a holistic and a biological dentist?
The terms overlap. Holistic describes the approach: your mouth examined in the context of your whole health. Biological describes the choices: materials and methods picked for how your body responds to them. This practice is both.
How far is the office from downtown Los Angeles?
About 15 miles, most of it on the 10. On a weekday afternoon Google Maps puts it at around half an hour. Allow longer at rush hour.
Can I fly in through LAX?
Yes. LAX is about 14 miles away, usually around 25 minutes up the 405. Patients come from more than fourteen countries.
Do you remove mercury fillings safely?
Yes, under the IAOMT's SMART protocol: the tooth is isolated, vapour is captured at the source and you breathe from a separate air supply.
Is there parking?
Yes. There is a garage in the building.
What happens at the first visit?
A long conversation, typically 60 to 90 minutes, then an exam of your teeth, bite and jaw with 3D imaging where it is useful. Nothing is drilled at the first visit.
Tell us what you have tried.
The first conversation is unhurried, typically 60 to 90 minutes, by phone or in person in Santa Monica.
- 01Reach outSend the form, call or WhatsApp. Your message goes straight to Dr. Panahpour.
- 02A real conversationYour history, what has already been tried, and what you want from this. No rush.
- 03A clear planWhat he finds and what he would do, including when the answer is that you need nothing.
Closer to Sacramento? See the Sacramento office
Got it. Thank you.
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