James E Rota, DDS

Predatory and profoundly unethical in their billing and dental practices. I was a patient for years until Dr Rota left his practice their new office manager took over. I would advise any of my friends from the ascended health community to find someplace new.

I have been to many dentists in my life, and Dr. Rota’s office was the first holistic one. I absolutely love how careful they did the mercury removal, as well as all the other procedures. The prices are decent too.
I love Dr. Solis, and Hygienist Kim. They were very patient with me as I had been very lazy with my dental care. My x-​rays look like a battlefield. With their kind and encouraging approach of reminding me what I needed to do, I slowly transformed by adding electric brushing, water flossing to eventually actual real flossing, and then added tongue scraping to my daily routine. I haven’t got to daily oil pulling yet, but I do it occasionally when I feel I need an immune boost. I feel my dental and overall health have benefited tremendously with their encouraging approach.
I recently moved out of Los Angeles and am now looking for another holistic dentistry. I think it’s going to be difficult because the professionalism, the friendliness, and the decent pricing will be hard to match.

Dental Hygienist Kim is phenomenal in what she does. She is the best hygienist so far in terms of friendliness and dental work performance. She really digs up, and I mean really DIGS, the plaque that is underneath your gums. She also cracks up a few jokes here and there, which I thought was entertaining. Usually not all hygienist are this funny.

I’ve been using this dentist for over a year, and while they are of average competence, their business practices, scheduling, and ethics are atrocious.
On my first visit, I told them I needed a cleaning, and would be open to additional dentistry services like invisalign. Two hours later, I got billed for $ 300 and THEY DID NOTHING TO MY TEETH! Basically I paid them $ 300 so I could sit and get a sales pitch for invisalign.
I then made the mistake of agreeing to the invisalign program, which cost many thousands of dollars. I was stupid and believed I would be done in a year and my teeth would look better so I agreed. A YEAR OF NEAR NONSTOP PAIN LATER, MY TEETH LOOK MUCH WORSE THAN WHEN I STARTED! AND I’VE GOT AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR OF HELL AHEAD OF ME.
On top of all this, their office is only open a few days a week, they regularly screw up. move, or double book my appointments. Recently I was told it would take 3 weeks to get a new set of invisalign trays but they would not schedule the next appointment until the trays were read; now — a month later — the trays are ready, but I have to wait another month to get in. And it took FOUR DAYS for me just to get a call back to schedule! (And this is after I had been calling them a half a dozen times a day.)
Their dental services are competent, which is why they don’t get one star. But their prices are high, parking is difficult, and they’re all about taking your money, not providing a good experience.

I am so happy to have found Dr. Rota and his team. At my first appointment Dr. Rota took the time to get to know me and my history health wise as well as a little about my personal life in terms of stressors etc. I felt he and Dr. Solis were able to get a full picture of me as a patient because they took the TIME and encouraged me to share my experience in terms of my own health. When I came in for the follow up visit I was late due to traffic… I felt terrible and was very stressed about it. Dr. Solis and Ruth were both amazing in terms of comforting me and making sure I did not go into treatment holding any anxiety or stress. It was not a topical «no worries» but a sincere understanding and compassion about what I might be feeling and wanting to make sure I went into treatment relaxed… Dr. Solis took her time and made sure the filling/​bite was perfect. I was thrilled when she showed it to me in the mirror as well. Beautiful work :)) I am so HAPPY! Shirley who is there to greet everyone also makes the whole experience wonderful…

To understand just how good Dr. Rota, Dr. Blowers, Scott, Shirley and the rest of the staff are, you need to know that I consulted with several dentists (including holistic ones) before settling on this office.
I had a very touchy situation of needing to remove my decades old amalgam fillings ASAP because they were making me very sick (or so I strongly suspected). Because I needed extreme care, being chemically sensitive and having cracked teeth (this is from the metal fillings expanding and contracting for all those years each time they came in contact with hot/​cold foods), I was looking for a very careful, safe mercury removal regimen without being oversold dental services I didn’t need. It took consultation with 6, yes 6 specialists before I settled on Dr. Rota and I’m extremely happy with my choice.
As I suspected, the filling in my upper left molar was causing major health issues, and minutes after it was removed I felt better. This is not hyperbole, this is fact. What was more important about my experience here is that the entire staff worked with me, to the point of absurdity, to make sure I got through the procedure OK. I was severely allergic/​sensitive to the metals and disturbing them had the potential of making me very sick.
What I appreciate most is that they remained, throughout my dealings with them, kind, patient, thorough and understanding. Dr. Blowers also did an outstanding job of popping my toxic fillings out quickly and replacing them with bio-​safe composite. Scott was kind and patient and he had plenty of reason to get frustrated with me and the complexity of my dental/​health needs… but never did. And Shirley, well she’s just a gem. What can I say. This is, IMHO, the best dental office in Los Angeles.
The icing on the cake is that the services I received here were the CHEAPEST that I was quoted for all of the dentists I consulted with — no kidding.
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In case anyone is interested, here are the dentists I visited or consulted with before deciding to go with Dr. Rota:
–Dr. Yokoyama. He’s great, no complaints but I felt Dr. Rota, having been sick from mercury himself, had more experience in dealing with someone who was dealing with «amalgam illness.» Yokoyama wanted to do two crowns immediately and Dr. Rota felt I wasn’t physically well enough yet to have my teeth ground down on top of removing the mercury, telling me to do these things in steps, not all together. In the short term I saved several thousand dollars going to Dr. Rota.
–Camarillo Dental. These folks had been my primary care dentists on my Delta DMO plan. They wanted to give me a root canal! Instead I got two simple resin filings instead — and was totally fine. Scary.
–Dr. Shimizu @ Root Endovision. He’s an endodontist and simply awesome — confirmed I didn’t need a root canal, phew!
–Dr. Nguyen in Montrose. I love Dr. Nguyen. She’s caring and conservative but doesn’t do the «safe removal» protocol, which was crucial for me.
–Dr. Dalwani. Seemed nice at first and she accepted my dental plan, but in the end just as bad as Camarillo Dental. Dr. Dalwani said I had multiple cavities (that simply weren’t there according to the 5 other dentists I visited) and said I was not only going to need to replace my metal fillings but she also wanted to do 4 – 6 fillings on other teeth. She claimed that some crevice stains I had were actually cavities. When I told her I’d recently been to 4 other dentists and none of them said those were cavities, her office assistant conveniently forgot to call me back with the cost estimate I requested. Also, Dr. Dalwani advertises she’s a «biological» dentist but as far as I can tell, she isn’t actually certified in any safe removal protocols. My experience at this office was a total, scary, eye opener.

This office is beyond caring. They really are so helpful and warm and caring. I’ve never been disappointed and always felt the work was thorough, honest and complete. They truly care and are extremely accomodating and very skilled at what they do. Dr. Rota is not doing the actual work now but he does consult with you and has many years of experience and is very talented and insightful about mercury removal and knows how to do it properly. His successor, Dr. Roberta Blowers, does phenomenal work and I highly recommend her as well. I had my filling replaced by her with no anesthesia (at my request) and it was virtually pain free. She really took the time to be sure it was perfect and I felt really good with it and then she polished it up and I felt so well taken care of. Her assistant is also very warm and caring and Shirley, at the front desk, is a patient and sweet lady who always makes things work out for your schedule no matter how hectic you are! Scott helped me with my night guard and always answered any questions and made sure I was happy to the very end with the outcome. He always greets me with a warm smile and makes me feel welcome. This is an office that has been around a long time and they will continue to thrive.

If I could give more than 5 stars I would. I simply cannot speak highly enough about Dr. Rota. If someone would have told me 6 years ago that I would love a dentist this much, I would have never believed them because I never thought that would be possible. He is THE best.
1. He believes that less work is better = no over diagnosing = hallelujah! 2. He is extremely passiontae about bio-​compatible dentistry and a very conscious person. 3. He does GREAT work. 4. He is so gentle and concerned with your comfort. 5. He DOES actually have a «wholistic» approach, even though he will be the first person to tell you that when you’re using anesthetics, binders other unnatural ingredients, you can’t really call it «holistic». 6. The entire staff is SO friendly — in a genuine, warm way. I love speaking with Shirley on the phone or in the waiting room. And I honestly NEVER dread going to the dentist.
.enough with the list. I could go on and on. This guy is the real deal. Once you find this dentist, you will be SO happy that you did. Its one thing I dont worry about because I KNOW I’m in such great hands. Now only if I could find a general practicioner that I love this much…

4−6−11 Time for another cleaning with Annette. I don’t floss like I should so I got a (very polite) lecture. Have to do some extra procedures to toughen up my gums. Rinse with warm salt water, floss, rinse with hydrogen peroxide. Well, it’s my own fault. I’ll get a handle on it.
This office is different from any other dentist’s I’ve ever been to. They are like a family. Everyone is sooooo nice. Shirley is the first face you usually see. She has been the receptionist there forever, and she is the one who calls to remind you of your appt. The IT/​camera person, Dori, looks just like Mary McDonnell, the actress. The hygienist, Annette, is so fun to talk to it’s hard to keep my mouth held open.
Dr. Rota is the nicest, most professional, most knowledgeable dentist I have ever known. His approach is just different, and when he works on you, he is fast, and he usually sings or hums while he is working.
Dr. Rota is also a biological dentist, who takes into consideration everything else connected with your medical health. If you need mercury removed from your teeth, this is the place to do it. They place a little pig snout breathing cup around your nose, and a vacuum by your mouth to vacuum up the mercury fumes. (When I had some mercury removed by a regular dentist without these protections, I felt so weak I had to go to bed for 24 hours.)
I think I posted something about them being expensive, which I actually would have expected because they’re in the heart of Westwood. But I was talking to Dori and she said they do comparisons all the time, and they are actually very much in the middle of the price range, and sometimes less. Definitely less than Beverly Hills dentists where you pay more for the location. And when you need an expensive procedure, they’ll arrange a payment plan.
Dr. Rota, you rock! Sei il capo dei tutti capi! Forza!

Hi, I have to tell you about a great holistic dentist I went to right near UCLA, who is worth the drive even though I live on the east side.
Dr Rota is a gentle, kind dentist with such a nice, calming way that I was not afraid even though I had been dental phobic and had not gone for years. He puts you at ease and the whole office environment is soothing and relaxing and he has a soft touch.
It seems like he was done filling cavities before I knew it I attribute to his expertise. They use Rescue Remedy on patients first which helped me because I tell you, I was a nervous nelly about dentists.
He also gives these free seminars on bio-​compatible dentistry which makes one realize mercury is not so good in the mouth and subsequently I had the toxic mercury fillings removed which I feel saved a lot of health problems down the line. Very eye-​opening information, I would recommend this seminar to everyone. He is passionate about this issue and very, very informed. He has been around a long time and is one of the fist pioneers of this issue, I think.
Their office is great too because the floor to ceiling windows look out over the UCLA campus in Westwood and looking outside was calming for me, not a closed office with no natural light as some others I had been to in the past. For me it is worth the across town drive and I don’t mind going to the dentist now.

Dr. Rota is a holistic dentist in Los Angeles that I started going to a couple years ago. He is the best of the best. After attending one of his free seminars, I saw that he is a compassionate man with extensive knowledge about biological dentistry and holistic health. His office is really comfortable. Everyone there is so friendly and calming.
I have been very dental phobic in the past. Now when I tell friends that I have to go to a dentist appointment, they’ll say something sympathetic — but I tell them that I am very happy to go to my dentist. Also, his rates are reasonable, and he is very experienced, with an excellent touch.
Oh, and his initial consultation is very thorough. He sat down with me for about an hour and really got to the heart of issues not just about my teeth, but how they affect the rest of my body. Great information that has really helped me.
I have recommended Dr. Rota to lots of people, and several have thanked me for doing so.