Meet Our Orthodontist

Dr. Jim Lyles grew up riding horses and herding cows on a ranch in west Texas and was the oldest of three boys. He showed champion steers and lambs in the
4-H Club in McCamey while being active in band, photography and church. Rodeoing and ranch life taught him the value of hard work. He went off to college, at the age of seventeen, with two scholarships and started out majoring in pre-veterinary medicine.

He attended the University of Texas as a pre-dental medicine major. After completing his undergraduate studies at UT, he continued with four years of dental school at The University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston.

Following dental school, he entered private family practice for a short time before the challenges of orthodontics lured him back to school for another three years. During this time, he had two beautiful daughters and became thoroughly trained as a father as well. And as if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he also became a commissioned officer in the Air Force Reserve and served four years with a MASH unit, completing his military service with the rank of Major. After completing orthodontic training, he moved to the Houston North metroplex where he continued to enjoy life and help people through orthodontics.

After seeing the tremendous difference in young people who are encouraged to develop their dreams and shoot for the stars, he became involved with the YMCA and served on the YMCA Camping Branch board for many years. He was awarded Camp Cullen's Volunteer of the Year in 2005.

Continued growth and sharing is a way of life for him and he demonstrates this, not only in his local community but also in other parts of the world. Dr. Lyles has been on three mission trips to remote areas of Belize where he and other dental professionals delivered badly needed dental services and education to over 1,400 kids a year.