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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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My experience was an excellent, organized, and quick. The overall staff setting from front office to Dr. Ratliff nurses was such a positive result to what I thought was going to be a non - fun, don’t want to event. Dr. Williamson Ratliff is one of the few Dr.s. I have encountered that has a true and honest positive bed side manner with the end results to back it up. I had an extraction today, and in retrospect from a week earlier, my granddaughter had all wisdom teeth extracted with excellent and minimal painless extraction results. The best !! Best kept secret in Gainesville.
- Daryl Lauderdale
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I had a implant done on one of my molars and it was by far the worst dental experience I have ever had. My tooth was infected and it didn't get numb... and they continued with the procedure after multiple shots of novocaine. As tears ran down my face and multiple cold rags placed on my forehead they finished. I sat in my car for a hour in tears before I could drive home. And to top it off I had to go to my regular dentist to finish the job and pay him another $3200 on top of the $4500 I paid for the implant because the screw in my implant was scripted and he had to spend countless hours over a 2 day span to get the screw out. I'm sure they are great at what they do but I will never go back there for any more dental work because the work that was performed on me was beyond barbaric.
- Sherman Wells
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Dr. Blumberg and his assistant, Hailey are amazing! They are kind, caring, professional and do excellent work. HIGHLY recommend them and this office.
- Patty Krombach
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The kindest ladies an the best Dr in the world better than u could possibly expect 🙏👍💯
- Bobby Mcdaniel
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Dr.Blumberg is awesome. I had to have two teeth pulled, and he explained everything to me very carefully and spent the time I needed to make sure I understood. Other doctors have made me feel rushed. He is a very caring doctor, and I would definitely go to him again and recommend him to everybody.
- Suzanne