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Our Practice

At The Center for Holistic Dentistry, we offer an innovative approach to dental care that integrates knowledge of natural healing with that of contemporary dental science and technology. Rather than simply treating the symptoms of dental disease, we focus on finding the cause.

What makes our practice different is that we can help you achieve a healthier mouth and a healthier body applying our unique approach to anti-aging, holistic dental care. Based on principles of natural healing, our methods will help identify if there are hidden or unidentified sources of dental stress in your mouth that may contribute to the process of aging or the development of disease in your body.

Our dental practice has been designed to help everyone, no matter what their dental needs, large or small. This is our passion – from the comfortable design of our office to the specialized training of Dr. Lerner and our team, we are here to help you in your dental health journey!

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Meet Dr. David Lerner

Dr. Lerner’s odyssey toward holistic dentistry began before he even thought of becoming a dentist. As a child, he had many cavities that resulted in repair with mercury silver fillings. It seemed that at every checkup, there were more mercury silver fillings to be placed. Then, as many kids do, Dr. Lerner broke a tooth in an accident and it had to be removed. The orthodontist decided to close the space by bringing his teeth all the way over to the front from the right to the left. His teeth ended up looking straight but his jaw was crooked.

Dr. Lerner later learned that his crooked jaw led to a variety of problems – including head and neck aches. After graduating from dental school, Dr. Lerner began TMJ treatment. When the treatment finally brought relief, Dr. Lerner began his journey toward understanding the mouth-body connection in earnest and soon learned that the bite can affect much more than your mouth.

Dr. Lerner gained further insight in the form of back pain due to shoveling too much snow without a proper shovel. The excruciating pain led to a quest for a cure – a quest that did not end until he met a practitioner of Applied Kinesiology and Sacral-Occipital Technique. This practitioner gave him relief with his very first treatment. These treatments helped Dr. Lerner so much that he decided to begin his training in Holistic Dentistry. He soon became a practitioner of Applied Kinesiology and Sacral-Occipital Techniques.

Although his back was feeling much better, Dr. Lerner still needed relief from lingering complications, which drove him to search for more answers. He found those answers in the office of a dentist trained in nutrition and acupuncture therapy. During a thorough analysis, this dentist discovered that Dr. David Lerner’s health issues and lack of energy were a result of childhood mercury silver fillings. Once the fillings were removed, Dr. Lerner had much more energy and he felt he was finally moving toward ideal health.

From that point on, Dr. Lerner worked with many health practitioners in many health fields to improve his own health, increase his understanding of the mouth-body connection, and expand his knowledge to better treat his patients.

This thirst for knowledge has stayed with Dr. Lerner over the years and has resulted in an ever-expanding expertise in dentistry and the mouth-body connection. Dr. Lerner is now known as an authority on holistic dental health care. Patients come from all over Putnam County, Westchester County, and beyond (even from Hawaii!) to seek his holistic dental care.

HIGHLIGHTS OF DR. LERNER’S EDUCATION

1978 – 1979: General Practice residency at Westchester County Medical Center

1981 – 1983: Associated with Dr. Harold Gelb, a world-renowned pioneer in the field of TMJ disorders

1982: Studied the relationships of the head, neck, and dentistry with Mariano Rocabado RPT

1982: Began training in Myofascial Release Therapy with John Barnes RPT

1982 – Present: The study of Biological Dentistry. Introduced to the work of Reinhold Voll, MD

1982 – Present: Training in Applied Kinesiology with George Goodheart DC, Herb Anderson DC, and others

1982: Studied with Dr. Helmut Schimmel, MD, DDS, who was the originator of the VEGA technique of Electro-Acupuncture

1986 – 1987: Began training in Craniosacral Therapy with John Upledger, DO. Studied the Dental Management of Mercury Toxicity with Hal Huggins, DDS, and Oral Acupuncture with Joachim Gleiditsch, DDS, MD

1988 – Present: Training in Neuromuscular Dentistry

1989 – 1992: Completed a 24-month course of study in Functional Orthopedics and Straight Wire Orthodontics

1993 – 1994: Graduate of the Advanced Continuing Education Program in the Diagnosis and Management of Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

1995 – 1997: Completed 300-hour Physician course of training in Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine at the Tri-State Institute of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture

1996 – 2002: Advanced studies in the treatment of TMJ disorders through Cranial-Mandibular Whole Body Integration under the mentorship of Jim Jecman, DDS

2001: Trained in the advanced principles of Cosmetic Dentistry at New York University’s Rosenthal Center

2002-2003: Earned his Fellowship at the Institute of Natural Dentistry

2011 – 2012: Trained in Implant Surgery under Arun Garg, DDS and faculty

2013 – 2014: Certified in Biological Dentistry with Dr. Thomas Rau, founder of the Paracelsus Clinic in Switzerland

2014: Certified in Laser dentistry including Laser treatment of periodontal disease

2014: Trained in advanced Implant surgical techniques with Dr. Samuel Lee of Harvard University Graduate Periodontics/Implantology