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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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A huge thank you to Dr, Taylor and his team.
- Miranda Nash
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Dr Taylor and his staff (very friendly and sweet ladies, sorry I can’t remember all their names) are so nice and accommodating I’ve gone for multiple visits (so did my grandmother) for different reasons and every time I have enjoyed it and been relaxed I don’t have any anxiety after the first time because of their helpfulness and fully informative explanations along with the overall experience of their positive attitudes which is rare nowadays. I’ve also heard positive feedback about dr Ratliff also I’ve just not had personal interaction with him. Thanks again for everything keep up the fantastic work everyone.
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Quality professional care. The 2 seperate procedures should have been separated giving time for 1 to heal before starting the second one. The level of pain from both is off the chart.
- Jeffrey Milman
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Everyone in this office is wonderful! Very competent and caring. Dr. Blumberg made my 19 year old daughter feel very comfortable while having all 4 wisdom teeth extracted. I have worked with doctors for over 30 years as a nurse, rarely do you find such professional and caring people. I am impressed!
- Michele Markant
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Absolutely wonderful, no pain after my surgery at all except for some jaw tightness—which is expected—everyone was very caring and made me feel safe. Im very thankful.
- Shea Morrell