Dr. McCrea has practiced in the greater Houston area since 1990 and in Richmond since 1994. He built his present office in 1996, then remodeled and added onto it in 2012. He and his wife, Beth, enjoyed Richmond so much that they moved there soon after opening the practice. Their home is short drive to the office.
Dr. McCrea was born in Iowa and grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He graduated from Mission High School in 1982. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the Dental School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He trained in a General Practice Residency Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. McCrea completed a two year program on differential straight wire technique (Tip Edge) for braces with the Academy of the General Practice Orthodontics in 2007. In 2014 he attended the Alabama Implant Education program for training to place dental implants.
Dr. McCrea is a Clinical Associate Professor University of Texas School Of Dentistry in Houston. He teaches residents in the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program and the General Practice Residency (hospital dentistry). Dr. McCrea helps the residents in clinic with procedures they are learning and with the development of treatment plans for their patients. In 2013 he became part Memorial Herman Hospital Staff to be able to supervise residents providing dental treatment in the operating room. In the spring of 2013 Dr. McCrea became an assistant instructor for the Academy of General Practice Orthodontics to help teach other dentists orthodontics.
Dr. McCrea's practice philosophy is less is better. Simpler is better. That being said, if your teeth are not what you had hoped for we can help make them brighter, or straighter. The choices we offer you will run from simple; whitening and bonding, to braces and whitening, to Lumineers, to full crowns. Implants can be a life changer for our patients wearing partial or dentures. You and Dr. McCrea will talk through the choices available and you'll help him choose what is going to be best for you. His goal is to help you have the function and appearance you want.
Dr. McCrea is a member of the American Dental Association, The Academy of General Dentistry, The Texas Dental Association, the Greater Houston Dental Association, and the Academy of the General Practice Orthodontics. He actively supports the Greater Houston Dental Association by participating in the Legislative Action Committee and by serving as a host doctor at the Star of the South Meeting each spring.
Dr. McCrea is a fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, an award earned by participating on over 500 hours of continuing education and is well on his way to earning Mastership in the Academy. He is an Associate Fellow in the Academy of General Practice Orthodontics and is a Pankey Institute Alumnus.
Dr. Vo is a proud Texan who was born and raised in the suburbs of Friendswood, Texas. While also enjoying multiple extracurricular activities throughout her high school days such as CBHS String and Full Orchestra and CBHS Celebrities Dance Drill Team, she graduated from Clear Brook High School at the top of her class. She then went on to complete her Biochemical/Biophysical Sciences degree at the University of Houston with Magna Cum Laude honors.
She earned her Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the UTHealth School of Dentistry at Houston. Upon graduating with her doctorate, Dr. Vo was awarded with the Ninth District Dental Society Award for Professional Collegiality for exhibiting collegial behavior among her student peers and faculty. She further completed an optional two-year residency program in General Practice Dentistry to enhance her knowledge in general dentistry, provide care for special needs patients and underserved populations, and to learn from dental specialists.
Throughout her time in the residency program, she also spent a lot of time under Dr. McCrea's mentorship and wings both in the UDC dental clinic and Memorial Hermann TMC operating room. With the hopes to help new dentists grow as she has herself with the leadership of mentors like Dr. McCrea, Dr. Vo is also now a Clinical Associate Professor at the UTHealth School Of Dentistry in Houston.
Dr. Vo has a passion for teaching and educating her patients in order for them to understand different possible treatment options to best fit the patient's needs and to ultimately achieve a healthy smile. She also believes that it is very important that her patients understand their existing oral health condition and the benefits of preventive dentistry through good oral hygiene. Her belief is to treat her patients with the utmost compassion and respect while providing the best care that every patient deserves.
She is a current member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, and Academy of General Dentistry. Following the footsteps of Dr. McCrea, she is on her way to earning her fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry.
We're here to help you. This is about what you're goals are. There are recommendations we will make, but in the end we are trying to help you achieve the dental health you desire. Sometimes what you need is to address a key problem first, and then work on the whole picture later. We'd like to help you do that. Even if you have more than a few problems, correcting them all starts with a first step.
A typical first visit for a new patient consists of a discussion concerning your expectations of dental treatment, a series of digital dental x-rays, a periodontal(gum) evaluation, a TMJ evaluation, and an oral cancer screening. We will also chart existing restorations and any dental decay that may be present. If no serious periodontal conditions are found, a routine dental cleaning may be completed that first visit.
Dr. McCrea will review the information gathered and formulate a treatment plan to address any dental needs or desires. Irma or Lorey, our business administrators, will review the financial considerations with you and help estimate insurance benefits for you. No treatment is ever performed without your consent.