Blue Water Oral Surgery Center

11/26/2025

The BWOSC staff had a great time sponsoring the Comedy on the Boulevard at Emerald Coast Theatre Company last Saturday night! Jason Hedden did a great job putting the talent together and hosting the evening! Andy Forrester was an excellent headliner and even took time before and after the show to share personal dental stories with Dr. H!
BWOSC added a new 4 foot dental implant to its bag of goodies to use for promo at events and it became a part of the show Saturday night. Jason joked that we should move it to the stage, but Dr. H thought it was just that...a joke. That is until Jason mentioned it in his intro. So, at intermission, Dr. H moved the 4 foot dental implant to the stage and it became a central point of mockery and jokes during the second half of the show. For that reason, all the comics joined Dr. H and the 4 foot implant for a group shot at the close of the show!! All the comics that night were great! (Andy Forrester, Cameron Smith, Malcolm Xavier, and Jason Hedden)

Blue Water Oral Surgery Center always loves sponsoring events that bring so much laughter and joy to all that attend!

11/24/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from our staff to you and your family!

Our office will be closed November 26th - 28th to celebrate the holiday! We will return in the office on Monday, December 1st. If you are a patient of record, please call or text our after hours number, and someone will return your call. Thanks!

11/24/2025

Great way to bring in the holiday season again with a Hometown Holiday Parade at Grand Boulevard in Miramar Beach, FL. They do such a good job of making it feel like a little Hallmark movie....even bringing snow to Florida!

The Children's Volunteer Health Network participated in the parade with its newly donated Mobile Dental Van (as opposed to the big dental bus that was in last year's parade) and with several of the CVHN staff along with the Board President (and Chair of Entertainment 😀) Dr. Harrelson (aka Dr. Juggles) who led the mobile dental van down the parade route while juggling for all the kiddos and adults alike! Grand Boulevard at Sandestin Children's Volunteer Health Network, Inc.

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

Blue Water Oral Surgery Center (BWOSC) would like to thank everyone for your patience and flexibility as Dr. Harrelson was required to be out of the office several days last month to fulfill his duties with the American Dental Association and to receive the honor of being inducted into the prestigious American College of Dentists!

As you may know, the ADA is the association of all the dentists in America that serves as the powerful, collective voice of all dentists unified as one. The power in numbers and in a unified voice allows for the ADA to have more influence when speaking toward issues nationwide and worldwide and in lobbying to Congress for issues that are important to dentists, specialists, and you as our patients. To get to that unified voice amongst the many voices of different dentists from different states, the ADA House of Delegates is an important mechanism to allow all to speak on the House Floor, in Reference Committees leading up to the House of Delegates, and in individual District Caucuses. Dr. H serves as one of the delegates representing the state of Florida (the 17th District) at the House of Delegates.

The American College of Dentists is an honor society for invited Fellows that must be nominated and voted on by current members (in secrecy of the nominations/nominators so that each invited Fellow is measured on his/her own merits and accomplishments and not based on who nominated the Fellow) of the College based on demonstration of professionalism, ethics in dentistry, and community service. Only about 3% of dentists in the nation are invited to become Fellows of the College. Dr. H was extremely honored and grateful to have been nominated and invited into the American College of Dentists. He was inducted as a Fellow at the Convocation in Washington, DC last month.

11/11/2025

We are so very grateful for all the Veterans that have put others first and served our country. Veterans are so very special!

Today, our staff has done it again celebrating our favorite veteran, Dr. H! He's the true epitome of putting others first even when it is an inconvenience to himself. I'm sure you can tell but we think he hung the moon!

Happy Veteran's Day to all those near and far! Thank you!

PS....Isn't Joce so talented! She made these incredible balloon towers and had them ready for him this morning when he arrived! We have the best staff in the WORLD! THANKS JOCE AND THANKS TEAM! You rock!

10/22/2025

Our office will be closed Wednesday, October 22nd through Wednesday, October 29th for the ADA(American Dental Association) Convention in Washington, DC.

Dr. Harrelson has always supported organized dentistry. From being the national president of the 2006 American Student Dental Association (ASDA) during dental school to now being a delegate on the House of Delegates at the ADA Convention in Washington, DC. He's also being inducted as a fellow this weekend into the American College of Dentists, a high honor. (www.acd.org)

We're so excited and thankful for this incredible opportunity.

We look forward to returning to the office on October 30th. For our established patients, you can always call our after hours number for dental emergencies. We can't wait to see and serve you soon!

10/22/2025

If you know the Harrelsons...you know that they LOVE live theatre at the Emerald Coast Theatre Company! It was time to pick a new winner for 2 free tickets to a show for Season 13!

Congratulations to our patient, Audrey Jones, and her sister Mary Jones (also a patient who didn't win but was selected by Audrey to share her second ticket...so she does actually win in the end!) for winning two tickets to see The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams. He was an American playwright and screenwriter who is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Some of his plays including The Glass Menagerie along with A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are among the most acclaimed Broadway dramas.

Have fun, ladies!!!!

(Interesting fact: Tennessee Williams was from Columbus, Mississippi, which is 15 minutes from where Dr. H was born and grew up. Dr. H's brother, Dr. Benjamin Harrelson, is a general dentist in Columbus, Mississippi.)

If you're interested in watching the show, you can check out their website for times and tickets. You will be glad you went! Maybe we'll see you there!
https://www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org/

10/22/2025

We're in AWE of our staff when they choose to do EXTRA things that we don't ask of them. That's what makes our team AMAZING!!! Check out this guy tho!!!!

Let me introduce you to one of the talents of our most creative staff team member....Joce Durette's creativity! She daily goes above and beyond. We spotlight her this month for choosing to use her own time and talents to create this incredible pumpkin display to enter our team into a contest for a free lunch! Plus...this Olaf will have a straight tooth...now that he has a brace. (aka braces).

Reminds me of 1 Peter 4:10 and encourages all of us to use the gifts we've been given to bless those around us. WTG Joce!