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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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Hands down the best around! Excellent service from walking in the door to leaving. Very professional , caring and great employees! Thank you!!!
- Michelle Pendergast
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- Morgan Cannon
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Dr. Taylor and his entire staff have always taken such great care of me. I can’t think of a single negative thing to say because they have always been in my corner and helped me with any issues that arise along the way. I’ve been seeing him for years to fix issues that stemmed from dental work in my younger years. I’ve always been treated with the utmost respect and care and received prompt attention when I was in need of help. I truly can’t speak highly enough of every member of his staff. 💜💜 I came back to add that I am probably not the easiest patient as I tend to experience all of the things that can lead to added pain after oral surgery. This is entirely a me thing as I have always been that way with any dental work, and still….they have always been incredibly patient and understanding and have ALWAYS taken excellent care of me. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 🫶🏼🩵
- Alli Cour
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Skilled doctors and staff i wouldn’t trust any other oral surgeons in north central Florida!
- Ariel
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- Ezra Sheffield