Dr. Loria Nahatis, DDS
With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Loria Nahatis is proud to give her young patients and their parents valuable tools that help not only with improving dental health, but overall health and well-being too! She is dedicated to making a difference in every child she sees, working with a collaborative approach to oral health care. Working closely with children and their families, she can’t wait to welcome your family in soon. Keep reading below to learn more about her.
Dr. Loria was born and raised in Fort Worth, and has been working in the dental field for 25 years! She knew at a very young age she wanted to become a dentist. Her father is from Greece, and they would travel to Greece often in the summers due to her father’s business. Her father had a cousin in Greece who is a dentist, and she would spend lots of time in his dental office during their summer visits. It was crystal-clear that he LOVED what he was doing; in fact, dentistry seemed more like a hobby for him than actual work. By the time she was 13, she knew that she was going to have the same career as an adult.
When Dr. Loria was in high school, she volunteered in a general dentist’s office but found the work extremely boring, not at all what she remembered from her uncle’s office in Greece. The dentist, who noticed this, explained the different specialties in the dental field, including pediatric dentistry. She ended up transitioning to the dental office of one of the dentist’s friends, who was actually her own pediatric dentist while growing up! She volunteered there for a week and ended up staying for the next four years as a dental assistant, jumping at any chance to care for the wonderful patients. From that point, her path forward as a pediatric dentist was set in stone.
After completing her biology degree with Summa Cum Laude Honors from the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Loria graduated with her dental doctorate from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. Then, she completed her 2-year Pediatric Dentistry Residency at the University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Today, she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is a life-long student under some of the renowned leaders in the growth and development field. In fact, she’s completed over 100 hours of continuing education in the last year alone in the areas of pediatric airway and craniofacial development, as well as frenectomies/frenuloplasties! She is a current member of the following organizations:
International Affiliation of Tongue-Tie Professional
DFW Airway Collaborative
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Academy of Laser Dentistry
American Dental Association
Greater Dallas Pediatric Dental Society
Dallas County Dental Society
American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry
Ambassador of The Breathe Institute
American Laser Study Club
Texas Dental Association
Dr. Nahatis currently lives in Dallas with her husband and their two children named Athan and Alice. They love doing lots of fun activities together as a family outside of working hours, including going to the museum, traveling, camping, and cooking together.
