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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
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Dr. Taylor is bar none one of the best oral surgeons in town. I will swallow my pride for this review and admit I am not the best under the knife, he and his staff made the whole operation quick, easy, painless and informative. I highly recommend him to anyone on the fence about getting there wisdom teeth out. As I write this, I am only 10 hours out from my operation and I barely have any pain and two of my teeth were impacted. After many horror stories I had to sit through I was not mentally prepared but this experience was the total opposite.
- frazier springfield
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- Lee Bee
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Dr Taylor is by far the best experience I have ever had with an oral surgeon. I was recommended to go there by a friend who had some work done there and boy was he right. Super friendly, very professional, and fairly priced. I highly recommend Caton and Taylor
- Keegan Carter
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- Sherman Merricks (Dynasty CrossFit)
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Went in to see Dr Taylor to have a wisdom tooth extracted. I had another wisdom tooth extracted two years prior by a different dental surgeon, and it was a "nightmare" (excessive pain, bleeding,etc.) That surgeon told me the problem was caused by my age (66). When I went to Dr Taylor I told him about my previous experience, and he assured me he could remove the wisdom tooth with limited pain. I had the tooth removed June 3, 2014, and it was painless, and I only felt some pressure. The procedure took less than 5 minutes, compared to the 45+ minutes for the other tooth. I HIGHLY recommended Dr Taylor if you are going to have any type of oral surgery. Thanks Dr Taylor. Rick Beery
- richard beery