Tribute Family Dentistry Is Sponsoring Wakeland Football’s 20th Season
Practice News & Community7 min read · By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS · Updated August 2026Dropped off at our front desk. We are keeping it.Quick answerTribute Family Dentistry is a 2026-27 sponsor of the Wakeland Football Boosters. Elate Orthodontics, our sister practice, is sponsoring as well. Wakeland opens at home against Richland on Thursday, August 27, in what the boosters are calling the program’s 20th anniversary season and the...
We Did It: Tribute Family Dentistry Is Now a Proud Member of the Little Elm Chamber of Commerce
Practice News & Community5 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerWe joined the Little Elm Chamber of Commerce, completing the set alongside Frisco and The Colony. Little Elm sits at the north end of the same FM 423 corridor we are on, which makes us a straightforward drive for families there. As with the others, this is membership rather than an award,...
Tribute Family Dentistry Is Partner of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce
Practice News & Community5 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerWe are a member of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce, along with the chambers in The Colony and Little Elm. Being straight about what that means: it is membership, not an award. We pay dues and we show up. What it does signal is that this is an independently owned business run...
Patient Testimonial – Emergency Dentist in Frisco, TX
Practice News & Community3 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerA patient came in with sudden pain and swelling and was seen the same day. That is what an emergency slot is for, and it is why we hold time during the week rather than booking every hour out in advance. If something like this is happening to you right now, call...
Elate Orthodontics Named Best Orthodontic Practice in Denton County
Practice News & Community5 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerElate Orthodontics in The Colony, our sister practice, was named 2025 Best Orthodontic Practice in Denton County by BusinessRate. We are pleased about it. The more practically useful thing for our patients is what having both practices under the same ownership actually changes: records move between the two without you carrying them,...
Tribute Family Dentistry Voted Best Family Dentist in Frisco & Plano in Living Magazine’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards
Practice News & Community6 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerLiving Magazine readers voted us Best Family Dentist in Frisco and Plano for 2026. Being precise about what that is: it is a public vote, so it measures how many people liked us enough to fill in a ballot. That is a real signal about patient experience and no signal at all...
A Frisco Dentist Took the Stage in New York. Here’s Why It Matters Locally.
Practice News & Community7 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerI spoke at Angel Aligner Ascend 2026 in New York about how artificial intelligence is changing clinical workflow in dentistry and orthodontics. The honest local translation: none of this replaces a clinician making a judgement, and most of it is invisible to patients. Where it shows up in a Frisco office is...
Where Our Patients Come From, and Why Location Matters
Practice News & Community5 min read • By Dr. Kevin Baharvand, DMD, MS • Updated August 2026The short answerWe looked at where our new patients came from over a year, and most of them live in the neighbourhoods closest to us: Tribute, Phillips Creek Ranch, and Lone Star Ranch, plus the rest of the FM 423 corridor. That is not surprising and it is worth saying out loud, because proximity...