About Us

Comprehensive Mobile Dental Care is designed to provide a full range of dental services outside of a traditional dental office. Drs. Kurtzman and Mahler will even do work at your bedside.

  • Careful attention to special-needs patients confined to their homes or to inpatient residences
  • All the dental services available at an office
  • State-of-the-art dental equipment—like any normal office, only portable!
  • Comprehensive diagnostic examination X-rays
  • Extractions, crowns and removable bridges
  • Full dentures
  • Teeth cleanings
  • Gum treatment and care
  • Total coordination with your primary care physician

dr kurtzmanDr. Cal Kurtzman was the founder and the coordinator of the Mobile Dental Program at the UCLA School of Dentistry designed to provide on-site dental care for families of migrant workers. Dr. Kurtzman was also a faculty member of the Mobile Dental Program at the USC Dental School. He has worked as a volunteer in schools and health care facilities in California, as well as with mobile general dentistry programs outside the United States.


Associations and Education

  • Dental degree from The University of California San Francisco
  • Master's and Doctoral degrees from the UCLA School of Public Health
  • Private practice in Santa Monica for 45 years
  • 25 years on the faculty, UCLA School of Dentistry
  • Lifetime Member of the American Dental Association and the California Dental Association
  • Founder and past coordinator, UCLA Mobile Dental Program
  • Staff of USC Mobile Dental Program
  • World Health Organization grant to develop mobile dental program in South America
  • Fluent in English, French and Spanish
dr. mahler

Dr. Gabrielle Mahler, DMD received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her dental degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  After graduation she spent a year at Columbia University in New York City, working on advanced dental techniques.  Dr. Mahler has worked extensively with geriatric and special-needs patients throughout the more than 10 years of her professional career.  Her strong desire to work with this particular population, in addition to the warm manner with which she treats her patients, has made her an excellent practitioner since joining Comprehensive Mobile Dental Care in 2008.