Dr. Andrea Brockman practiced health focused dentistry where she used her background as an intensive care nurse to treat the dental needs of medically compromised patients. Her personal health problems from mercury exposure, led her to investigate and study alternative health. Collaborating with conventional and alternative health providers, she found that most patients and health practitioners knew little of dental connections to overall health nor were they familiar with the many available holistic services. To raise awareness and give credence to health alternatives, she, and her husband co-created ExploreHolistic.com, an educational website and directory devoted to natural, holistic, and integrative health.