WILLIAMS DENTAL & ORTHODONTICS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Academy of General Dentistry
Bradford R. Williams, D.D.S. is living his childhood dream. Since age 11, he aspired to become a dentist and return to his hometown to practice dentistry. Now, he is privileged to live his "dream come true", delivering cutting edge dentistry to the Skiatook community his family has long been a part of.
Born and raised in Skiatook, Dr. Brad is a life-long "Skiatookian". He and his family have served the Skiatook community since 1942 when his grandfather Ralph Williams moved the family to Skiatook from White Oak, OK to begin teaching math and science at Skiatook High School. Dr. Brad's grandmother, Desi, served the community as the telephone operator. Dr. Brad said that growing up in Skiatook reminded him of Andy Griffith's Mayberry because all he had to do was pick up the telephone, ask his grandma to connect him, and he could talk with various elementary school friends, many of whom still live in Skiatook and are friends and patients of Dr. Williams to this day. Dr. Brad's father, Dale, graduated from Skiatook HS in 1949 and moved back to Skiatook with his wife, Ann, where they raised Brad and his 3 brothers (all 4 boys graduated from SHS). Ann finished college and taught senior English for the SHS for over 20 years.
Dr. Brad believes dentistry is his calling because he decided to become a dentist at such an early age. Subsequently, his brother, Bruce and Dr. Brad's sons, Brad II and Alex, have also become dentists. His daughter Lindsey is a dental hygienist while his wife Teresa and daughter McKenzie are both dental office managers, making the Williams clan a true dental family.
Dr. Brad received training in placing and restoring dental implants in1993 at a training facility in Toronto, Canada and later in Camden, New Jersey. He has been implementing orthodontic miniscrews since 2005. He has collaborated with Drs. Juan Escheverri and Randy Newby in a Temporary Anchorage Device (TAD) overview course and now presents material on TADs in his annual AOS Intermediate/Advance courses.