Seven Lakes Dental
Growing With the Community
By Judith Shabram
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n May of 2020, Dr. Joshua White visited the Hill Country for an interview that would result in purchasing his current dental practice from Dr. Joshua Miles. Dr. Miles’s family is in Idaho, and he decided to return home to them. Dr. White recalls, “we fell in love with the area and decided this is where we want to raise our kids.” He left his practice in Beaumont, bought the practice in Burnet, and began a challenging year because of lockdowns and various other restrictions. None of these things, however, moved him from his lifelong goals in the dental profession. Dr. White’s uncle was in the profession and a significant influence in his life in that direction. “When I was 14 years old, I wanted to be a dentist and stayed on that path. My uncle was a loving mentor who gave me guidance for my career.” Life’s trials shape us in one way or another, and for the White family, the testing came during Dr. White’s last year of college. He married his wife Brooklynn while still in dental school, and soon their
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first child was born. Then, during his senior year, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma cancer. The chemotherapy rendered him useless for the week following treatment forcing him to consistently play “catch up” with the actual patients that senior dental students were required to handle. As a cancer survivor, he still has to visit the oncologist every six months but insists that the experience made them much stronger as a family. Upon taking over the office in Burnet, he began with an entire staff of professionals who had been serving the community with Dr. Miles for years. However, with the explosive growth in Burnet County comes a need for more services, and one of those is healthcare, specifically in the dental profession. Dr. Joshua White recognizes the necessity for filling the gap with the influx of people moving into Burnet and the surrounding towns. He has added additional days, more options for routine cleaning appointments, and a new associate doctor, Dr. Anne Shedlosky who is an Austin native. He also has plans for a 1500 square ft. addition to the current office site at 603 Buchanan Drive in
