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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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I went to Dr. Taylor with both my husband and myself as patients about ten years ago. Dr. Taylor saw my husband every day to change the dressing until the problem cleared up after an extraction from another practice. Recently I had an extraction and implant. I have lupus and need excellent care. Wouldn’t go anyplace else .
- Jan Meyers
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Can't recommend this practice highly enough. Friendly, efficient and knowledgeable staff. I've had a lot of dental work done in the past and this was, by far, the smoothest. Many thanks to Dr. Blumberg and his team for taking great care of me!
- Brittney Jett
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Just an amazing Dr and staff. I highly recommend. I was supposed to have this done in 2022, but was leary of other oral surgeon. Thank you for taking care of me
- Diane Kresak
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I highly recommend this group of professionals. The entire staff was absolutely fantastic. I would absolutely recommend this team to anyone. From the bottom of my heart. I want to say thank you to everyone that works here. Everyone of you are amazing..thank you all
- Derick Yarbrough
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- Reesa Donnelly