A deferment of enrollment for three years, due to his Navy commitment. Subsequently, Dr. Beaber attended Surface Warfare Officer training in San Diego, California and was then stationed on the USS White Plains (AFS-4) in Apra Harbor, Guam before deploying to the Persian Gulf, shortly after the first Gulf War. Dr. Beaber was a highly decorated officer and, upon completion of service, he returned to Boston to pursue his dental degree.
While at Tufts, Dr. Beaber received numerous honors and awards for research and clinical excellence, represented Tufts as a presenter at the International Association of Dental Research and was selected to the Robert Andrews Honor Society. Prior to graduation, Dr. Beaber was offered and accepted a scholarship from the United States Air Force and was stationed at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he served for three years as a general dentist. He was then selected to attend the Air Force orthodontic residency in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated first in his class and was assigned as Chief of Orthodontic Services at Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany. In this capacity, Dr. Beaber treated over 15,000 service members and their familys orthodontics needs. Dr. Beaber began a private practice in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, before returning to the State of Texas andGod's country in Heath Rockwall where he plans to retire.
Away from the office, Dr. Beaber, his wife Andrea and their children, Lauren, Lexie and Jonathan, enjoy spending time as a family. Together they enjoy the Texas outdoor life, family karaoke nights, playing family games and traveling.
With over 25 years of dental experience, Dr. Beaber provides unsurpassed orthodontic services, as referenced by hundreds of extremely satisfied patients, and local dentists. As a staff, we look forward to treating your familys orthodontic needs.
Our philosophy of treatment is to provide customized orthodontic care for you or your childs needs. Why NON Extraction is so important When I worked as a General Dentist, I was asked to treat a portion of our Air Force service member population suffering from temporomandibular joint disorder sometimes called TMJ. It was alarming to find the greatest number of sufferers had a history of 2 or 4 premolar extraction with braces for space closure; nearly 80% of sufferers. When I asked my TMJ mentors if they experienced similar findings, they concurred. However, nothing like that had been published. I asked, What can be done to stop this from happening? The answer: You need to become an orthodontist and focus on changing growth in the jaws to reduce this from happening.
Luckily, a couple years later, I was selected to attend the Air Force residency at Wilford Hall in San Antonio. Imagine my dismay when I discovered the standard of care for nearly 85% of patients was to extract 2 or 4 premolars in combination with braces. Two years later, the effects of this procedure still concerned me as I knew the path a lot of these patients would go down over the next 10, 20 or 30 years. I asked my mentors if we could treat more patients with non-extraction techniques to which they responded: No (with various reasons why).
As luck would have it, about a week later, I was invited into an orthodontists office who touted non-extraction techniques on over 95% of his patients. Eureka! I listened to his engineering background (like mine) and philosophy and pure passion for helping people. He encouraged me to seek out other orthodontists and see the way they practice before establishing my own opinions, methodologies and philosophies.
Over the next 2 years, I visited nearly 50 orthodontic offices. Here is what I found: the 4 best all were trained as engineers (Mechanical or Chemical), all were using bonded expanders and all were using the Damon system of braces. When it came time to leave the Air Force (which by the way was an awesome way to gain familiarity and exposure to the more than 20 different systems of orthodontics available) I decided to model my practice after these 4 great leaders and role models.
My opinions and philosophies have been proven by the more than 4000 patients I have successfully treated with the following amazing statistic: Over 95% of growing patients have been treated without premolar extraction and more than 85% of adults have been treated non-extraction, non-surgical. It is my firm belief we have established the gold standard of care for other orthodontists to follow. Please take some time to view our gallery of pictures to see for yourself the artistry and the engineering of beautifully crafted smiles by Dr. William Beaber and his amazing team. (Video Gallery) Colorado outdoor life, family karaoke nights, playing video games and traveling.
We are a family centered orthodontic practice. Our primary goal is to provide the highest quality of orthodontic care at an affordable price. We focus on a proactive approach to modify orthopedic growth on growing children when possible. Additionally, we feel each person deserves excellence and the total facial harmony concept: esthetics, function and stability. Our strengths as a practice are predicated on individualized attention to meet you or your familys needs and desires in a friendly, fast paced, fun filled environment. Professionally, we strive for efficiency and proficiency. The HeRo motto: We are here to help people through service and gratitude.