Creating Beautiful Smiles

Creating Beautiful Smiles Business Spotlight

Everyone smiles in the same language. by Brooke Ezzo

Asmile can turn a bad day around. It can ease fear, and it radiates love. If you aren’t confident in your smile, make it a goal this year to turn your frown upside down. When it comes to your smile and your oral health, you need someone you can trust. At Dental Implant Surgery Center, Dr. Paul Ezzo, D.D.S., and his team are committed to making your smile their top priority. The entire team is dedicated to providing personalized, gentle care that you deserve. After graduating dental school in 1993 from Baylor College of Dentistry, Dr. Ezzo completed six years at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio for a periodontics residency and achieved a Ph.D. in microbiology. Graduating in 2000, Dr. Ezzo began practicing in Denton County until 2016 when he purchased the Dental Implant Surgery Center in Plano. photo courtesy of Dental Implant Surgery Center

In 2019, Dr. Ezzo came home by opening a new office in Argyle. He splits his time weekly between the Plano and Argyle locations.

“We are pleased and excited to be back in the area to serve the Flower Mound to Denton communities,” Dr. Ezzo said.

His list of services are long, from cleanings and prevention to gum and jawbone corrective treatments. Dr. Ezzo is determined to get to the root of the problem and dedicated to helping you achieve optimal oral health.

“We offer periodontal procedures to include: dental implants, soft and hard tissue grafting, in addition to non-surgical and surgical periodontal therapy to treat gum disease,” Dr. Ezzo said.

Gum disease affects more than three million people per year in the United States, so it is important to be treated by a

leader in periodontal care. Specializing in dental implants, a modern alternative to dentures, Dr. Ezzo restores his patient’s smiles.

“Dental implants are, in most cases, the most predictable and most natural feeling way to replace teeth,” Dr. Ezzo said.

Dr. Paul Ezzo and his team at Dental Implant Surgery Center believe in creating beautiful smiles.

Community More Ways Tha n One Serving The

by Brooke Ezzo | photography by Your Candid Memories (YourCandidMemories.com)

From the age of seven, Drew Christman knew he was going to be an attorney. Since then, determination and strong convictions have led Drew to become the go-to council for small-business owners and corporations all over Denton County and beyond.

Christman Attorneys is a faith-based, boutique law firm located in Highland Village that specializes in business and corporate law, estate planning, entertainment law, and real estate law, and has been serving our community for over 10 years. In addition to representing clients in Dallas-Forth Worth, Christman Attorneys is committed to participating in various community events and organizations, through leading, volunteering, and sponsoring charitable initiatives. In June of 2019, the law firm took a leap of faith in widening their reach of serving the communities around them by becoming a fee office with Texas Title. With years of experience in civil litigation and real estate law, it was a natural transition for Drew to add title work to his resume. Representing commercial real estate developers in acquiring and selling real estate required Drew to do much of the title curative work anyway. “It gives us a new and ever broadening opportunity to support families and small businesses, and help them flourish,” Drew said. “An opportunity to be part of the closing process and a resource to Realtors, brokers, and other professionals in the real estate industry is very exciting,” Texas Title-Christman Attorneys is just one more way the firm is serving the community. Having experience in many practice areas, including litigation and real estate, adding the title company and becoming an escrow officer has allowed Drew to broaden the services and resources available for his clients and colleagues. “Having expertise in many areas gives you the ability to help people with the most valuable things in their life,” Drew said. Many times, professionals in the real estate industry are faced with difficult legal scenarios that create obstacles when representing a buyer or seller. Figuring out how to navigate around those complications can seem overwhelming to many realtors and brokers. That’s where Drew and his team of professionals come in. “Some people are most afraid of losing everything, losing their business, or losing their family,” Drew said. “It’s one of the most comforting things you could do for someone; help them understand the risks and help them close them.” “Because our title office is run by

attorneys, we have the experience and training to navigate the transaction around those obstacles,” Drew said. “Some of those complications may include issues like real property division, business buyouts, and transfer of real estate in the middle of corporate disputes, ownership feuds, and partnership breakups.” In the short time the title office has been open, Drew and his dedicated team have already established deep relationships with families and realtors. They believe every relationship created has purpose. “The thing we love the most is developing as many helpful relationships in our community so we can serve their needs, offer guidance, and support as many people as we can,” Drew said. “The title company presents regular opportunities for this.” Texas Title-Christman Attorneys’ future plans include planting more fee offices in different neighborhoods and parts of the Metroplex where there is still a lot of property development and growth, as a way to serve more people. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. – Psalm 16:9 Drew and Clarissa, his wife, have a heart for serving and have planned their businesses around that virtue, but their faith has directed every step they’ve taken. Starting the title fee office is just one more way they are serving their community.

Drew and Clarissa met as undergrads at Texas A&M and were married after graduation in 1996. Drew’s dream of becoming an attorney led them to the only Law School he had applied for: Regent School of Law in Virginia. He chose Regent because at the time, Jay Sekulow, then Chief Counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), and who now services as special counsel to President Trump, was a professor at Regent and headquartered on the fourth floor of the law school.

Determined to learn from the best, Drew went to the ACLJ every day until Sekulow finally offered him a job as a clerk. This won’t-take-no-for-an-answer attitude caught the attention of then Attorney General of Alabama, William Pryor. Pryor was later appointed by President Bush to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals where he still serves today.

After graduating from law school, Drew and Clarissa moved to Alabama to serve with Attorney General Pryor. After 10 years of law practice in Alabama, Drew and Clarissa took yet another leap of faith and moved back home to Texas to start a new law practice during the greatest recession of our time.

“For us this was a stepping out in faith, the Lord providing and it all coming together,” Clarissa said. “Because of who Drew is, there isn’t a lot of fear in taking risk because he knows where to step. It’s a God given gift.”

Drew and Clarissa and their two boys live in Argyle. They find fellowship at The Village Church, where they are actively involved. Drew and Clarissa both sit on the boards of directors of several non-profits that serve the Denton County community.