About the Doctor

George H. Garcia, DDS

Orthodontics • Craniofacial Anomalies & Dentofacial Deformities

DDS: University of Nuevo Leon, School of Dentistry, Monterrey, Mexico, 1980

Residency: Orthodontics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 1982-85

Surgical Orthodontic Fellowship, Clinical Instructor: Department of Surgery, Division of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, 1986

Advanced DDS Degree: Creighton Dental School, Omaha, NE, 1989-91; also taught continuing-education courses to orthodontists and oral surgeons from around the world on the treatment of dental facial deformities

Assistant Professor & Director: First Hispanic to direct an orthodontic program, Department of Surgery, Division of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

Founder:South Texas Center for Correction of Dentofacial Deformities, Laredo, TX, 1991

Recipient:Lifetime Achievement Award, Laredo Area Charity Foundation, Laredo, TX, 2002