Dr. Paul Latta is a native Tylerite who attended Tyler Junior College and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin. He worked for Delta Drilling Company in Odessa and Tyler and the Trane Corporation in Tyler prior to his decision to continue his education at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas.

Dr. Latta has practiced General and Cosmetic Dentistry in Tyler since 1991. He enjoys all aspects of dentistry and strives to meet his patients needs in a professional manner and a caring environment. He views his staff and his patients as extensions of his family.

Dr. Latta maintains membership in the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association, the East Texas Dental Society, the Smith County Dental Society and the Academy of General Dentistry. He has served as Chairman of the Texas New Dentist Committee for the Texas Dental Association and as Secretary/Treasurer of the East Texas Dental Society. Dr. Latta also held the roles of Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the Smith County Dental Society.

Dr. Latta believes that his skills in dentistry should be utilized to give back to the community he enjoys. He serves as a volunteer dentist with the Texas Mission of Mercy, Give Kids A Smile, the Bethesda Dental Clinic, the St. Paul Childrens Foundation Dental Clinic and People Attempting To Help (PATH). Dr. Latta has also traveled to Belize to perform volunteer dentistry in very remote locations.

Dr. Latta is active with numerous other volunteer positions and nonprofit organizations. He is a member of the Tyler Junior College Foundation Board and has served as the Chairman of the TJC Foundation Golf Tournament Committee. Dr. Latta is a long-time member of the Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting Advisory Board and served as Co-Chairman of a TJC Nursing and Health Sciences Facility Task Force. He presently serves as Chairman of the UT Health East Texas Institutional Review Board and is a member of the UT Health East Texas Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Board.

Dr. Latta is a past Chairman of the St. Paul Childrens Foundation golf tournament. He served Historic Tyler as Board President and is also a past President of the Parent Services Center Board. Dr. Latta has served as President of the All Saints Episcopal School Athletic Booster Club Board and was a member of Leadership Tyler Class VII.

Dr. Latta and his wife (Kay) are members of Calvary Baptist Church where her serves as a Deacon and an Adult Sunday School teacher. Kay is an officer and shareholder at the Tyler accounting firm of Henry & Peters, P.C. She has been employed there since graduating from The University of Texas at Austin in 1983. They are extremely proud of their two sons. Andrew attended Baylor University and is a financial analyst with Comcast Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew is studying Communication Disorders at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.