When Dr. Chris Tye started planning his retirement, corporate buyers were an option, but he kept asking who would treat his patients the way he had. His answer was a friend of seven years, and his Colleyville practice now joins Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants with the whole team intact.
DALLAS, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After more than two decades caring for Colleyville families, Dr. Chris Tye retires and entrusts his practice to a longtime colleague instead of a corporate buyer. His entire team stays on.
Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants, the largest fully doctor-owned group oral surgery practice in North Texas, has acquired Texas Oral Surgery Specialists in Colleyville following the retirement of Dr. Chris L. Tye, MD, DDS. The practice at 6904 Colleyville Blvd. becomes Texas Center's fifth location, joining offices in Flower Mound, Denton, Frisco, and Dallas.
Dr. Tye, a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon who has cared for Colleyville families for more than two decades, retired effective Sept. 30. Over the years he considered several paths for his practice. One was bringing in a young surgeon to buy him out. Another was selling to one of the corporate groups that have been acquiring dental and specialty practices. In the end, he chose people he already knew and trusted.
"I spent a long time thinking about who I wanted caring for my patients once I stepped away," said Dr. Tye. "I had options, and I looked at all of them seriously. But I kept coming back to one question: who would treat these families the way I've tried to treat them? The answer was Aaron and his team. That made this an easy decision at the end of a career I'm very grateful for."
Dr. Aaron Vickers, DDS, MD, managing partner of Texas Center, has known Dr. Tye for about seven years. The two met as colleagues and became friends, and over time their conversations turned to what Dr. Tye's practice might look like after he retired.
"I've always admired the way Chris takes care of his patients," said Dr. Vickers. "He plans every case around the person in the chair. There's nothing cookie-cutter about it. He also never chased the cheapest supplies. He used proven implants and regenerative materials because that's what his patients deserved. We share those values, and we're honored he trusted us with the practice he built."
Same team, same number, same office
Texas Center has retained the entire Texas Oral Surgery Specialists staff. The office phone number and location are unchanged. Dr. Makenzie Fortney, who has been part of the Texas Center team since 2024, now leads surgical care at the Colleyville office.
"Patients coming back to the office will see a lot of familiar faces," said Dr. Vickers. "We kept the whole team Chris put together. Patients can count on the same high standard of care they've always received here."
"My team is the heart of this practice," said Dr. Tye. "Knowing every one of them is staying, and that my patients will be greeted by people they already know, gives me real peace of mind. I'd tell any of my patients to keep coming back. They're in very good hands."
"I'm excited to be part of the Colleyville community," said Dr. Fortney. "Dr. Tye built something special here, and our job is to honor that while bringing everything Texas Center has to offer to his patients and the dentists who refer to us."
What's new for Colleyville patients
Every service previously offered at the practice will continue. Texas Center also brings new capabilities, especially in dental implant care.
The practice runs its own full-service digital lab, which supports all five offices. Records taken in Colleyville go digitally to the lab, which designs and fabricates what each patient needs and delivers it back by courier. For patients who need full-arch or full-mouth dental implants, this means a more streamlined process from start to finish. It also lets the team move quickly on urgent cases.
"If someone breaks a front tooth, we can replace it right away with a lab-quality temporary," said Dr. Vickers. "Nobody should have to walk around with a missing tooth for days or weeks while a temporary gets figured out."
Texas Center also installed X-Guide dynamic navigation in Colleyville immediately after the acquisition. The technology guides the surgeon's drill in real time during implant placement and is used on every implant at every Texas Center location, giving patients a high level of precision and predictability.
A message to referring dentists
Texas Center plans to meet with dentists throughout the Colleyville area in the coming weeks and will host an open house to introduce its surgical team. The practice also offers continuing education to referring dentists and their teams.
"To the dentists who've referred patients to me over the years, thank you," said Dr. Tye. "I hope you'll give Dr. Fortney, Dr. Vickers and the Texas Center team the same trust you gave me. I've seen how they work, and I wouldn't have handed my practice to anyone I didn't believe in."
"We're committed to clear communication with every referring office and to setting their patients up for success," said Dr. Vickers. "We're looking forward to getting to know these dentists and their teams."
Growing without going corporate
The Colleyville office is Texas Center's fifth location. Dr. Vickers says the growth is about reach, not scale for its own sake.
"Patients and referring doctors across Dallas-Fort Worth deserve the level of care we provide, and Colleyville was the next logical step," said Dr. Vickers. "We're doctor-owned and doctor-run, and growing doesn't change that. It just means more families have access to the way we take care of people."
About Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants
Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants is the largest fully doctor-owned group oral surgery practice in North Texas, with offices in Flower Mound, Denton, Frisco, Dallas, and Colleyville. Founded in 1978, the practice's board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeons provide dental implants, full-arch implant treatment, wisdom teeth removal, bone grafting, corrective jaw surgery and IV sedation. An in-house digital lab and X-Guide dynamic navigation support implant care at every location. Texas Center works closely with referring dentists across the region and offers continuing education to their teams. Learn more at oralsurgerytexas.com.
Media Contact
Kyle Berry, Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants, 1 (630) 484.8660, [email protected], https://oralsurgerytexas.com/
SOURCE Texas Center for Oral Surgery & Dental Implants
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