Dr. Larry W White

Get to Know Dr. Larry W. White, D.D.S., M.S.D., F.A.C.D.
Dr. White graduated from high school in Hobbs, New Mexico, in 1951 and received a B.S. degree in biology from the University of New Mexico in 1955. In 1969, Dr. White graduated from Baylor Dental College with a D.D.S. degree and then served in the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1961.
He then practiced general dentistry in Hobbs, New Mexico, from 1961 to 1966, and subsequently returned to Baylor Dental College to receive a M.S.D. degree in orthodontics in 1968. He returned to Hobbs once more to practice orthodontics exclusively. Dr. White had orthodontic offices in Hobbs, New Mexico, Roswell, New Mexico, and Denver City. Dr. White is a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association, the Southwest Society of Orthodontists, the American Association of Orthodontists and the Texas Orthodontic Study Group. He is a member of the Southwest Angle Orthodontics Society. Dr. White is a diplomate of the …American Board of Orthodontists and a fellow in the American College of Dentists.
Dr. White has been a director and president of the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists. He was a past president of the New Mexico Orthodontic Society and the Texas Orthodontic Study Group. He serves as manuscript reviewer of the American Journal of Orthodontics and the Angle Orthodontic Journal. He was editor of the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics for 17 years. In 1988, Dr. White received the International College of Dentists Golden Scroll Award as editor of the most improved dental journal in dental literature (the Rocky Mountain Orthodontic Newsletter). Dr. White has contributed more than 100 original articles to dental literature and has presented lectures to several orthodontic societies, universities and study clubs. Currently, he serves as an adjunct professor of orthodontics at Baylor Dental College.
He was the first director of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio's Orthodontic Residency Program. He is now an associate editor for the World Journal of Orthodontics and a contributing editor for The Orthodontics CyberJournal. Dr. White has edited the Dallas County Dental Society publication, Dateline. He now practices orthodontics in Desoto, Texas. Dr. White and Lue Low, who is also a graduate of the University of New Mexico and Hobbs High School, were married in 1954. They have two children, Leslie and Craig, four grandsons, Alexander, William, Samuel and Michael, and two granddaughters, Katherine and Paige.
Professional Orthodontics Associates
701 North Hampton Road
Desoto, TX 75115
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972-230-0155
972-230-0156
Fax:  972-230-0741
Hours of Operation: Tuesday-Thursday 8 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.