About West E. Ficken, DDS
My name West hicken. It is quite a privilege to be associated and working with such an incredible dental family. Normally, offices consider their employees as ""staff "" or ""team"". However, when you work with Dr. Nugent, it truly is as if you are working with family. It is quite rare to find a group of people who work so closely together in a small office setting and still treat each other so respectfully; who go out of their way to show that they care for each other and their patients; who support each other every step of every day. As a brief introduction, I have been a practicing general dentist for 38 years,and I too, LOVE dentistry. I live in Cleveland, Texas with my wife, Rebecca, who happens to be a dental hygienist; daughter, Sydney, who is a junior at Tarkington High School and Co- Captain of the varsity cheer team; 5 dogs and 2 cats. We also have an older daughter, Jennifer, who teaches Elementary Special Education in the Humble school district; and a grand-daughter, Emma, who is a and plans on being an Olympic athlete, but can't decide if she wants to be a swimmer, gymnast, or soccer player. I am a VERY proud, VERY blessed husband, father, and grandfather. I was born in Atlanta Georgia. Our family moved to Houston When I was 5 years old after my Dad was transferred with work. I graduated from Westbury High School. My Dad always encouraged meto find a profession, so, as a young high school student; I began to consider my options. One day, I had a routine cleaning scheduled with my family dentist. I called asked him if I could spend that afternoon watching him work. That afternoon was all it took. I was hooked. Through the remainder of high school, I was at his office every chance I got. He was an awesome mentor and to this day, I am grateful for his teachings, patience and encouragement. I attended The University of Houston for my first year of college, then transferred to Houston Baptist College for the completion of my undergraduate studies, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Chemistry. I attended The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, graduating in October, 1978. I spent my first year and a half working as an associate with a very talented in Humble, Texas. But my dream was to have my own office and he knew it. He encouraged me to open my own office and that dream became reality in 1980.
