Dental Team

Through dentistry, Dr. Radford has touched the lives of thousands of children in the Houston area.  In the late 1980s, he received national attention for discovering and reporting a child abuse case for an incident involving a pellet gun.  Recently Dr. Radford’s practice, Almeda Dental Group, has become the dental home to the Houston area Chukwu Octuplets, for whom he will provide complimentary dental care until age 18.

Over the past 40 years, Dr. Radford has maintained a deep connection with his community through oral healthcare.  He has designed and administered many dental service programs geared towards underprivileged youths, including the Head Start Program, the Model Cities Dental Program, the Migrant Workers Dental Program, the Follow Through Dental Program, and the Urban Development Program.    Through these programs, ranging from 1969 until 1997, Dr. Radford has treated over 100,000 disadvantaged children.

A modern-day pioneer, Dr. Radford was one of the first Pedodontists in Houston and one of the first African-American Pedodontists in the nation. He owns and operates one of the largest pediatric dental practices in the state of Texas. In addition, he is also one of the original cofounders of the John B. Coleman Building, formerly known as Almeda Medical Square, which was the first multi-story  African-American owned medical center in Houston.

Dr. Garry Hamilton Radford, Jr. was born on October 5, 1938, in Marlin, Texas, a small city south of Waco.  His father, Dr. Garry Hamilton Radford, Sr., practiced general dentistry in Waco for over 40 years and was also the first elected African-American city councilman in Waco.  As a child, Dr. Radford always dreamed that one day he would become a dentist like his father.

In 1959, Radford graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a B.S. degree in Mathematics.  After college, he attended Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry, from 1959 until 1963.  When he graduated from dental school, Dr. Radford received 16 out of the 20 awards that were given, including the Turpin Memorial Award, the American Academy of Dental Medicine Certificate of Merit, the American Academy or Oral Roentgenology Certificate of Recognition, the American Society of Dentistry for Children Certificate of Merit, the American Academy of Gold Foil Operators Achievement Award, and the Alpha Omega Fraternity Award for Excellence in Scholarship.  Following dental school, Dr. Radford attended Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, NY, where he received his certification in pediatric dentistry along with the Outstanding Young Men of America Award in 1967.

Dr. Garry Radford belongs to a family of dentists.  In addition to his father, his eldest daughter, Rhea, is a pediatric dentist as well.  His second daughter, Rhonda, works alongside him as a dental hygienist.

Currently, Dr. Radford serves as a board member of HealthVelocity Group, Ltd.  In addition, he is also a member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the National Dental Association, the International Association for Orthodontics, the American Academy of Head, Neck, Facial Pain, TMJ Orthodontics, the American Association for Functional Jaw Orthopedics and Board Certified by the American Academy of Chronic Pain Management.