Salivary DNA testing
Read the bacteria, not just the symptoms
A simple saliva sample identifies the specific bacteria driving gum disease and low-grade inflammation — so treatment targets the cause instead of guessing.
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Integrative Oral Health · Covington, WA
Dentistry that finds the root cause — and protects your whole body.
Dr. Marler is a Kois-trained dentist practicing a quieter, more thorough kind of care: advanced diagnostics that connect your mouth to your overall health, and treatment that preserves as much of your natural smile as possible.
Kois Center trainedOhio State College of Dentistry
“Dr. Marler identified the root cause of my heart attack using advanced dental imaging technology.”
— Sergei R., patient
25+
Years caring for Covington
5.0★
Across 100+ patient reviews
1971
The practice's roots in this community
The mouth–body connection
Your mouth is a window into the rest of your health.
More than fifty systemic conditions — from heart disease to diabetes to sleep disorders — leave their first signs in the mouth. Most dentistry stops at the tooth. This practice doesn't.
Using salivary diagnostics, arterial imaging, and a whole-person approach, Dr. Marler looks for what's actually driving a problem and coordinates with your physicians to address it — an integrated approach to oral health that treats causes, not just symptoms.
Diagnostics most dental offices simply don't offer.
These are the tools that turn a routine visit into a real assessment of your health — each one chosen to reveal a cause, not just manage a symptom.
CIMT artery scan
An early window into heart-attack risk
A painless carotid ultrasound measures the thickness of your arterial walls — one of the earliest warning signs of cardiovascular risk, years before symptoms appear.
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Sleep & airway screening
The breathing problem behind worn teeth
Disordered breathing quietly erodes your sleep, energy, and enamel. We screen for it as part of a complete picture of your health — not as an afterthought.
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Biomarker & blood testing
Connecting your mouth to your whole body
Targeted blood and inflammatory markers link oral findings to systemic health. We order the panel and send you to a lab for a quick blood draw, then track real change over time alongside your physician.
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Periodontal medicine
Gum health is whole-body health
Gum disease is treated as the systemic, inflammatory condition it is — coordinated with the rest of your care — not dismissed as 'just a deeper cleaning.'
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Minimally invasive restoration
Preserve every millimeter that's healthy
When teeth do need work, we repair them while conserving the maximum amount of natural enamel, bone, and tooth structure. The least dentistry that solves the problem.
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Dr. Wade K. Marler, DDS
Kois-trained · Covington, WA
About Dr. Marler
A dentist who treats you like a whole person.
For more than 25 years, Dr. Wade Marler has cared for families in Covington — many of them across three generations. Trained at the renowned Kois Center, he has built his practice around a simple conviction: the best dentistry understands the whole body.
That means looking past the immediate filling or cleaning to ask why — and using advanced diagnostics to find the answer. It means preserving healthy tooth structure wherever possible. And it means the kind of personal attention patients rarely find anymore: a dentist who explains everything, remembers your life, and will call you himself.
Kois Center trainedOhio State College of Dentistry
The Kois difference
Why a Kois-trained dentist?
The Kois Center is one of dentistry's most respected institutes for advanced, evidence-based education — and only a fraction of dentists complete its rigorous, ongoing curriculum. It's the reason Dr. Marler's care is grounded in the latest science: measuring risk, planning conservatively, and connecting your oral health to the health of your whole body.
- Evidence-based, science-first dentistry
- Rigorous, ongoing advanced training
- Comprehensive, whole-body treatment planning
Trained & affiliated
A different philosophy
Dentistry is polarized. We choose the gentler path.
Too often, care swings between “just watch it” and aggressive drilling. The better answer is usually in between: find what's really causing the problem, then solve it with the least possible destruction of healthy tooth, bone, and enamel.
This is concierge-style care: unhurried, deeply personal, and built on relationships that often span decades and generations. A naturopathic sensibility informs the work — but it's always grounded in evidence and the best of modern dentistry.
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Start with the root cause
Most dental problems are symptoms of something upstream. We look for what's actually driving the decay, the bleeding, the wear — and treat that.
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Preserve, don't destroy
Dentistry can be polarized between 'watch it' and 'drill it.' We choose the most conservative path that genuinely fixes the problem, protecting healthy tooth and bone.
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Treat the whole person
Your mouth is connected to your heart, your sleep, and your immune system. Care here accounts for all of it, in coordination with the rest of your health team.
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Concierge-level attention
Unhurried visits, clear explanations, and a dentist who picks up the phone himself. The kind of personal care patients have trusted for decades.
Trusted for decades
Patients who don't mind going to the dentist.
5.0 · 100+ reviews
“Dr. Marler diagnosed and solved an issue I'd had for ages. Now my gums are healthy looking and don't bleed.”
“Dr. Marler has been my dentist for 25 years. He explains every procedure, which helps eliminate the stress.”
“If you have anxiety about the dentist, GO HERE. He and his staff are calm, kind, and reassuring.”
“We love Dr. Marler. He remembers things about us — not just about our mouths.”
“He personally called me before larger dental work, and has come in on call on the weekends.”
“Just the very best care around. This is the best dentist in my 77 years of experience.”
17203 SE 270th Pl, Covington, WA 98042Ready for dentistry that looks deeper?
New patients are welcome. Request a visit and experience integrated, concierge-level care for yourself.
Hours
Monday – Wednesday · 7:00am – 5:00pmThursday – Sunday · Closed
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