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In the summer of 1960, Dr. John L. Coker, Jr., having been in practice in Jacksonville for one year following his residency in Oral Surgery in Philadelphia, moved to Gainesville to set up practice. At that time, there were no dental specialists in Oral Surgery in the Gainesville area, and he was received with some trepidation as the local dentists had been doing most of their own surgery. They would have referred difficult cases to Jacksonville. Because of that, Dr. Coker felt there was a need for a good oral surgeon in Gainesville, Florida, and he was certainly ready to fill that need with great capability.
He practiced alone for 12 years until Dr. Randall B. Caton joined his practice in July of 1972. Drs. Coker and Caton practiced together for 11 years until Dr. Coker’s retirement in 1983. Just prior to his retirement, Dr. Cesar Keathley, a graduate at the University of Florida and Oral Surgery Residency at the University of Virginia in Richmond, joined the practice for one year. He left to open his practice in Clearwater, Florida. After being in solo practice for a number of years after that, Dr. Caton was joined by Dr. Robert Fox in 1989. Dr. Fox left to create his own practice in 1992. Dr. Caton practiced alone, opening a new office in the Crown Pointe office complex in 1996. In 1998, Dr. Glenn N. Taylor, Jr. (best known as JR) joined Randy Caton in the practice of surgery. Dr. Taylor brought a wealth of knowledge and experience from his very wonderful training at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In the late ’70s and early ’80s, the name of the specialty was changed from Oral Surgery to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. This name change better describes the scope of our practice which includes the entire upper and lower jaw regions, jaw joints, and sinuses.
JR and Randy have been privileged to be partners together since 1998 and have been blessed to bring Oral Surgery services to the Gainesville and surrounding areas.
Taylor & Ratliff Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Patient Review
Dr. Ratliff was AMAZING! He removed all 4 of my wisdom teeth (some impacted) and I was in no pain(only used aleve & the worst part was the drooling lol). Customer service was excellent from the consultation to the follow-up appointment. He also called a day after surgery to make sure I was okay. Please open a branch in Tallahassee! Thank you again!!
- Ms Atkins (Ms. Atkins)
Patient Review
I have had the pleasure of being one of Dr. Taylor's patients. The practice as a whole has a wonderful staff and they provide great service. They are all so helpful and informative and Dr. Taylor made my painful experience so much better. You can tell they really care about their clients. I would highly recommend.
- Christina Melissa
Patient Review
Dr.Taylor is by far the best oral surgeon EVER!! So happy with the result and how I was treated. His surgical assistant Mandy was AMAZING and I felt so comfortable with her. I love everyone at Dr.Caton and Taylor’s office!! 100/10
- Kassidi Hodsdon
Patient Review
The staff and doctors have been nothing but helpful and caring after my oral surgery to remove 4 wisdom teeth. I developed two dry sockets where my teeth were impacted and they have done everything I would expect to help reduce the pain and deal with it. I would come back to them for wisdom tooth extraction, but fortunately I won't have to since they are all gone 🙂
- Ryan Wilhour
Patient Review
Going in to get my wisdom teeth removed was something I was not looking forward to. Dr. Taylor, from the beginning, was so friendly and great to my mother and I. I can honestly say he did so great it feels as though he didn't even extract the two widsom teeth on the left side of my mouth. But, being I have all four he must have 🙂 I am so impressed with how well the procedure went and how easy he was with my mouth. I did have a good bit of pain on the right side of my mouth on the 3rd day but it was as expected and the meds definitely helped. I would recommend this doctor to ANYONE. I was told even after coming out of anesthesia I told him I would be back, HA. 100 stars if I could!!!
- Taylor Lockwood