About Dr. Carey O’Rielly
Dr. O’Rielly has retired from active dental practice. He continues to educate and advise on holistic health, while clinical care at Integrative Dentistry is now provided by Dr. Tracy Evans.
Dr. Carey O’Rielly is a holistic dentist who practiced in San Diego and who truly understood and lived the tenets of holistic health, both as a practitioner and in his personal life. His remarkable knowledge of the field came about through years of study and experience, initiated by his own work-related health challenges.
A 1985 graduate of the prestigious University of Southern California Dental School, Dr. O’Rielly went on to develop a regional network of eight dental practices. Later his expertise in case diagnosis and quality control led him into providing Quality Assurance for insurance companies, consulting with more than fifty dental offices throughout California.
After a decade of hard work, stress and exposure to environmental toxins, he began to investigate toxicity issues in the practice of dentistry. Through a growing interest in health conscious dental care, he associated with several specialized holistic and cosmetic practices. All this contributed to his philosophy that the mouth is the gateway to the body.
Over the course of his career, patients traveled from throughout San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties for his care. He built a wide network of alternative health care practitioners who participated as part of a team for patient treatment. Dr. O’Rielly limited his practice to bio-compatible dentistry beginning in 1994, and his guiding light was always the professional standard: First Do No Harm.
He is a charter member of the International Association of Mercury Free Dentists. Here is what the association’s founder Dr. Tom McGuire has said about him:
“I know Dr. O’Rielly and consider him to be one of the most highly trained, skilled, knowledgeable and qualified dentists I know of. He fully understands the important relationship between oral and overall health and his treatment protocols take that into consideration. His dedication to biological dentistry and his concern for his patient’s oral and overall health is exceptional. He is one of the pioneers in establishing the standards for true Biological Dentistry and a leader in the effort to educate people about the value and importance of oral health. I would highly recommend him to anyone seeking caring and quality mercury free/biological dentistry.”