Dr. Steven D Bender, DDS
Orofacial PainNPI: 1548263502
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Dr. Steven D. Bender, DDS, directs the Clinical Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine at Texas A&M College of Dentistry in Dallas, where he treats patients with jaw pain, facial pain, headache disorders, and sleep-related conditions that have often gone unresolved for years. His path to this specialty began with 14 years of hands-on general restorative dentistry, followed by graduate-level specialization in orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders at the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, one of the country's most respected programs in this field. Dr. Bender is a board-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and holds Fellow status in the American Headache Society, the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the International Academy of Oral Oncology, and the American College of Dentists. He served as president of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and currently consults for the United States Army. His research and teaching at Texas A&M span anatomy of the head and neck, headache disorders, sleep-related bruxism, and facial pain, giving patients access to a clinician whose work actively shapes national standards in this specialty.
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Education & Training
- Texas A&m University Baylor College Of Dentistry — Medical School (1986)
- Stephen F Austin State University — Undergraduate School (1981)
Credential: DDS
NPI registered: 05/24/2005
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