FOUNDERS OF
ROOTED DENTAL WELLNESS

Dr. Estevan Tinoco, D.D.S.

Hey, ya'll, I am Dr. Estevan Tinoco, one of the co-founders and owners of Rooted Dental Wellness. Most of my patients call me Dr. T. Like “T” for tooth ; )

As a health care professional, I firmly believe that our oral health is systemically linked. As a practitioner, I am traditionally trained but holistically minded. I treat the mouth as an organ and know that other medical issues may be contributing to or worsening the conditions in your mouth.

I am grateful to have a talented & empathetic staff here at Rooted Dental Wellness that is alongside me providing comprehensive and airway-centric dentistry. Without them, I could not fulfill our mission. We're thankful to the community for trusting us with their oral and overall health.

I attended University Of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and graduated with my doctorate in dental surgery in 2016. Since then, I have been continuing my education in airway-centric dentistry, holistic dentistry, and biocompatible dentistry.

Besides teeth, I enjoy spending quality and intentional time with my wife backpacking through State and National Parks, listening to vinyl & live music, traveling, and cooking re-imagined plant-based family recipes.

Fluent languages spoke: English and Spanish.

Ashley Beels, MA, RDH, OMT 

Hi friends! I’m Ashley, and I’m one of the co-founders and owners here at Rooted Dental Wellness. I am also the founder of Untethered where I perform Oral Myofunctional Therapy helping others with their jaw issues, swallowing dysfunction, tongue ties, and sleep-disordered breathing.

I have additional training in dental hygiene, sleep-medicine dentistry, airway-centric dentistry, nutritional counseling, tobacco cessation, disordered eating counseling, biocompatible dentistry, TMJ pain, and oral myofunctional therapy.

Those who know me call me a “forever student”, and they are not wrong. I am currently in a writing program at Harvard Medical for effective writing in healthcare that I am very excited about! My educational background started in dental hygiene at University Of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, and then I got my master’s degree at Cal Poly in Educational Leadership and Administration.

Outside of dentistry, you’ll find me getting cozy at home binging on a juicy Netflix Docu-Series alongside my wife, spending time with our dogs (all 5 of them), supporting our favorite local restaurants, writing, taking long weekend road trips, or walking on the beach with a friend enjoying some vitamin D and their company.

Languages spoken: English and (learning) ASL

 

MEET THE ROOTED TEAM MEMBERS

 

MICHELLE, LEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT

DR. SUSAN CANE, AIRWAY MOUTH DOCTOR TM

MEGAN, DENTAL HYGIENIST

CANDACE, DENTAL ASSISTANT

TRACY, LEAD DENTAL HYGIENIST

LYNDSEY, INSURANCE COORDINATOR

GABBY, HOSPITALITY FACILITATOR

ASHLEY, ORAL MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPIST

MARIA, HOSPITALITY FACILITATOR

VANESSA, DENTAL HYGIENIST