Dr. Elsa Alfonso Echeverri, DDS

Expert Publications

• Oral health survey of 5-12-year-old children of National Guard employees in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Retrospective survey of dental anomalies and pathology detected on maxillary occlusal radiographs in children between 3 and 5 years of age.
• Multiple dens evaginatus: diagnosis, management, and complications: case report.
• Preliminary observations on the relationship between mutans streptococci and dental caries experience within black, white, and Hispanic families living in Houston, Texas.
• Parental awareness, habits, and social factors and their relationship to baby bottle tooth decay.

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatric Dentist Dr. Elsa Alfonso Echeverri, who serves patients in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Echeverri is a board-certified pediatric dentist. When it comes to treating children, she keeps her emphasis on the prevention of dental disease, and provides compassionate, gentle care to every child she meets.

She serves as Vice President of Echeverri Dental Center in Houston, Texas. At the practice, she and the team of professionals working there strive to provide an inviting atmosphere and take great pleasure in helping care for patients and their families by keeping them healthy and happy. 

Professionally, Dr. Echeverri has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston for 25 years, where she mentors a new generation of pediatric dentists. She also provides dental outpatient surgery under general anesthesia as a staff member of Texas Children’s Hospital. 

After graduating with her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in Venezuela, she completed a postdoctoral program and residency in pediatric dentistry at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

With an international reputation as an educator, clinical researcher, writer, and guest lecturer, Dr. Echeverri loves the time she spends meeting families and helping children with their dental needs. She has extensive experience in treating infants, children, adolescents, as well as individuals with special needs. 

Pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry dealing with children from birth through adolescence. They have the experience and qualifications to care for a child’s teeth, gums, and mouth throughout the various stages of childhood. 

Once a year, Dr. Elsa and her husband, Dr. Juan Echeverri, participate in medical mission trips with Faith In Practice to provide medical-dental treatment to impoverished patients. They have 3 daughters, 1 son, and 2 Labrador retrievers with whom they love to spend time with. 

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