Dr. Tim Herre - Herre Holistic Dental KC
Herre Holistic Dental KC is a multi-provider holistic and biological dental practice located in Leawood, Kansas, founded by Dr. Tim Herre, DDS. The practice also includes Dr. Erica Ketchem. The practice is a third-generation family dental office, originally founded in 1953, that has evolved under Dr. Tim Herre’s leadership into a whole-body, root-cause-focused practice grounded in the Weston Price nutritional philosophy, airway-centered dentistry, and biological principles. The practice sees patients of all ages, from infants through adults, with a particular emphasis on early childhood development and airway screening beginning as young as age two to three.
Services include SMART mercury amalgam removal, ozone therapy, frenectomy (tongue tie and lip tie release using a CO2 laser, including for infants), myofunctional therapy, TMJ treatment, sleep apnea evaluation and treatment, airway-focused orthodontics (including Vivos, Healthy Start, palate expanders, and Invisalign), childhood growth and development guided by jaw and facial development principles, CEREC same-day ceramic crowns, tooth-colored restorations, holistic dental rejuvenation, implant crowns, sedation dentistry, and general and preventive dental care. No metal or toxic dental products are used in treatment.
Dr. Tim Herre is SMART certified and a member of the IAOMT, and the practice explicitly uses no metal or toxic dental products. He is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and the American Laser Study Club, a Vivos Integrated Practice Clinical Advisor, a Healthy Start Certified Provider, a graduate of The Breathe Institute (serving as both a graduate and an Airway Ambassador), a graduate of the Alabama Tongue Tie Center, a graduate of the Dr. Felix Liao Holistic Airway Mouth Doctor program, and a graduate of the Stewart Center for Minimally Invasive Dental Medicine and the OBI Foundation for Bioesthetic Dentistry. Dr. Herre has also been published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery on the topic of airway assessment and CBCT imaging.
The website has a dedicated payment and insurance page; insurance details are not summarized on the website itself. No mention of virtual consultations is made. New patients can request an appointment online at holisticdentalkc.com or call (913) 491-4466.