Dr. Horne is a native Texan, born and raised in Forth Worth. He completed undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Horne graduated from the University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio and attended the oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. He started his practice in Austin, working with Dr. Gerald Beiter, whose practice Dr. Horne assumed upon Dr. Beiter’s retirement in 1993.  Dr. Horne is in the same practice in central Austin, and enjoys working with his associates. Dr. Horne has cultivated a solid reputation with an emphasis on all phases of dental implant surgery. His special interest is implant surgery treatment planning and rigid surgical guidance of implant placement. He and his wife Debbie have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Dr. Horne owns thoroughbred horses and passionately plays competitive polo. He also enjoys travel, scuba diving and fishing.