John E. Bauer, DDS
Dr. John Bauer grew up in Arlington, Texas where he met his wife and business partner, Terri. Terri Ann Brentlinger was raised on nearby Brentlinger Farm, just outside of Mansfield. Dr. Bauer and Terri married in 1974 when Mansfield had just 6,000 residents. They both attended Texas A&M University in the ‘70s, with John graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1980 and Terri completing her dental hygiene degree a year later in 1981. Having always felt at home in Mansfield, they decided it would be an excellent place to raise a family and to build their dental practice. Decades later, they together run a thriving practice in the heart of Mansfield and attribute much of their success to the relationships they have built with their patients over many years. Many of those relationships span three or more generations. Though Mansfield has more than doubled in size since the early ‘70s, Dr. Bauer and Terri remain dedicated to their community and the families who live there. In fact, family is so important to them that they made it a part of their practice’s name, Mansfield Family Dentistry.
Dr. Bauer and Terri have never stopped learning. After hundreds of hours of continuing education, their practice is at the forefront of dental innovation. Dr. Bauer specializes in cosmetic, restorative, and implant dentistry and works tirelessly to learn the newest and most effective techniques. Terri manages their practice and performs treatment coordination, allowing Dr. Bauer to focus on what he does best—tending to the dental needs of each patient.
Dr. Bauer and Terri feel that their greatest achievement is their family. Soon-to-be grandparents, they have four wonderful grown children, all of whom live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and who are each pursuing their own paths to success.
Their oldest son, Brent, is an orthopedic surgery resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas and is married to Catherine, a marketing professional who specializes in the financial industry. Scott is a lawyer practicing corporate and real estate law in Arlington, Texas. He and his wife, Jamie, live in Fort Worth and are expecting John and Terri’s first grandchild, Braxton. Like his father, Cody is a dentist in the practice. He is a graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. His wife, Stacy, is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and will begin a career in elementary education this fall. Their youngest child and Dr. Bauer’s pride and joy (and only daughter), Shelley, is also pursing a degree in elementary education at the University of Texas of Arlington and hopes to one day teach nearby.
Because family is so very important to Dr. Bauer, Terri, and their staff, their goal is for every patient they treat to feel like a member of their wonderful family.