It was my first visit to Dr McCrea . I had an extraction done and bone graft, and he explained everything that was going to be done. I felt very comfortable and he was very patient in answering all my questions. He also has a staff that is very friendly and very polite. I thought I was going to walk away from there with pain but I didn't. Thanks Dr McCrea for the great service. My teenage children and I...
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.
"Dentistry has changed so much in the time I have been a dentist. We have so much more we can offer our patients."
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.
" I have been fortunate to have been mentored by some very generous dentists during my career. It's great to be able to pass that knowledge on."
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.
"You and I will talk through the choices available and you will help me choose what is going to be best for you."
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.
In his spare time, Dr. McCrea enjoys travel and SCUBA diving with his friends and family.
