Dr. St. Clair is a native West Texan, graduating as salutatorian from Morton High School in 1989. Having attended both Texas Tech University and McMurry University, he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Dr. St. Clair’s Doctor of Dental Surgery degree was awarded from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, in 1997. He graduated with honors, completing his orthodontic residency at the University of Texas-Houston Dental Branch, where he earned a Certificate in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, as well as a Master of Science degree in 1999. He received the Wick Alexander research award for his master’s thesis research project. This is the top research award bestowed by the University of Texas orthodontic department.

Dr. St. Clair loves to teach. Beginning in 2003, he taught graduate orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics as an associate clinical professor at the University of Texas Dental School in Houston for 14 years. Dr. James is passionate about serving people. He not only serves people in the office with clinical excellence and a tender touch, but outside of the office in his church, community involvement with the Texas Mission of Mercy, and in educating elementary students in Lubbock and the surrounding areas about the importance of dental hygiene. Dr. St. Clair and his family came to Lubbock in the summer of 1999 to join the family practice. He and his wife, Shanna, have been married for 32 years and are the proud parents of three beautiful daughters, Madeleine, Abigail, Emily and a new son-in-law, Josh. When Dr. St. Clair is not in the office, you’ll likely find him spending time with his family, enjoying the great outdoors or serving others!