Alexandria Gets New Dentists

The dental office of Dr. Wesley Suddarth in Alexandria is under new ownership.
Dr John Adams and his wife Dr. Laura Adams of Watertown acquired the practice upon the retirement of Dr. Suddarth, who had been in business since 1978. They officially took over on July 5th.
The new name of the clinic is Adams Dental.
The couple recently relocated to Watertown from Missouri where Dr. John served at Fort Leonard Wood during a tour of duty in the U.S. Army.
A native of Mountainburg Arkansas, Dr. John met his future wife at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis where they were studying to become dentists. She is from Jackson, Tennessee.
“I went to dental school in Memphis and that’s where I met Laura. She was a year behind me in school. After I graduated from dental school, I moved to Missouri at Fort Leonard Wood where I was an Army dentist for four years,” Dr. Adams told WJLE.
“After I graduated we got married. John was already in Missouri for one year fulfilling his active duty of service. We stayed at Fort Leonard Wood for the last three years and came here straight from Missouri,” said Dr. Laura Adams.
The couple had hoped to find a small community to start their dental practice and were thrilled when this opportunity arose.
“We knew we wanted to have a practice in a smaller town. At the time we were looking, we stumbled across this one and really liked it,” Dr. John continued.
“We live in Watertown so we’re glad to be close by and part of the community and we’re looking forward to getting to know everybody,” added Dr. Laura.
The Adams’ plan to continue offering the same quality dental services patients of Dr. Suddarth have come to expect but they would like to expand on those services over time.
“We do fillings, crowns, same day crowns, and all aspects of general dentistry and we see children as well as adults. As we grow and as time goes on, we’re going to keep everything up to date with new technology. We will be adding a few services including dental implants and we’ll broaden dental extractions and even do some braces in the future. We really want to get settled in and get to know the people. That’s our primary focus, to be the dentists in the community and meet the needs of the patients,” said Dr. John.