Dr. Waters founded the practice in 1975 with the goal of treating each patient as he would a family member. From a child’s first dental experience to adults maintaining optimal dental health, Dr. Waters combines extensive experience with compassionate care.

His professional affiliations include active membership in the American Dental Association and past presidency of the Kansas Dental Association. He is also a member of the UMKC Dental Alumni Association, where he was honored as Alumni of the Year, and a founder and board member of the Kansas Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped. Additionally, he served as a board member and dental director for the Health Partnership Medical Clinic of Johnson County.

Dr. Waters’ dedication to public health and service was recently recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fifth District Dental Society.

Awards & Accomplishments:

• Provided dental treatments and hygiene services for students at the Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD) in collaboration with Johnson County Community College Dental Hygiene Program students from 1976 to 1978.
• Delivered sealant treatments to 500 students in the Olathe School District through a grant from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.
• Performed root canal fillings, anterior crowns, full dentures, fillings, and prophylaxis for 120 patients over four days under a Federal Government program authorizing dental care for adults living with children on Medicaid.
• Assisted with dental extractions as part of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics’ “KC Care” event at Bartle Hall in 2015.
• Appointed Dental Director by the Health Partnership Clinic in Olathe in 2002, overseeing operations at its location at 407 Clairborne in Olathe, KS.
• Founded a company employing dentists, registered dental hygienists (RDHs), and dental assistants to provide mobile dental care for Medicaid-eligible children in schools. As of February 2024, the program has treated 184,361 children who would otherwise go without dental care.
• Served for many years as Chairman of the Board for Kansas’s Donated Dental Services (DDS) program, now known as the Dental Lifeline Network, which continues to provide free dental care for indigent and elderly adults, as well as veterans. The program has delivered $15.5 million in free dental care to 4,273 patients.
• Regular participant in the Kansas Mission of Mercy dental outreach events.
• Supported Team Smile programs in collaboration with the Kansas City Royals, Chiefs, and Sporting KC.
• Volunteered with Kansas City’s Medicine Cabinet (KCMC), established by the Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation, to support community dental care needs.
• Supervised RDHs under the Extended Care Permit (ECP) program initiated by the Kansas Dental Board in May 2014.
• Organized mission trips beginning in 1976 to Tochimilzco, Puebla, Mexico with Grace United Methodist Church of Olathe, KS, to build a medical clinic with a dental office. The clinic now features a five-room medical facility, a three-chair dental clinic, volunteer dormitories, a kitchen, a dining hall, four flush toilets, three showers, and a pharmacy. Today, the clinic operates with a doctor three days a week, a dentist seeing patients four to five days a month, and dental students from Puebla, Mexico, volunteering in the village.