Col (Ret) WENDELL A. EDGIN, DDS, FAGD, FICD

Dr. Edgin received Baccalaureate degrees in Zoology and Microbiology from Texas Tech University. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1980) before entering the United States Air Force and completing a General Practice Residency at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. He then served as a general dentist for six years before entering residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center which he completed in 1990. Dr. Edgin completed a 21-year military career in 2001 at the rank of Colonel. His military career culminated as the department Chairman and Director of the Graduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. In addition, he served as the Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to the Surgeon General. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal with one device.

Following his military career, Dr. Edgin taught oral and maxillofacial surgery for 5 years at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School and still holds a faculty appointment. He attained the academic rank of Associate Professor and maintained a faculty practice in full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery. He joined Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates in 2006.

Dr. Edgin is a Diplomate of The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has written and lectured extensively on a wide range of oral and maxillofacial surgery topics. Dr. Edgin is also a Fellow of The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The Academy of General Dentistry, and the International College of Dentists and serves on the Examination Committee for The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  He is the current Secretary-Treasurer of the Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Edgin WA, Ford MF, Mansfield MJ:  Alfentanil for General Anesthesia in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.  Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oct, 1989.

Ford MF, Edgin WA, Alonge JL:  Split-Thickness Skin Grafts From Surgically Removed Autogenous Skin.  Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, October, 1990.

Edgin WA, High CL, Fowler C:  Well-Circumscribed Recurring Facial Mass. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, December, 1993.

Edgin WA, Orth MP:  Maxillo-Mandibular Fixation Trends in the United States. Military Medicine, May, 1997.

James WJ, Slabbekoorn MA, Edgin WA, Hardin CK. Correction of Congenital Malar Hypoplasia Using Stereolithography for Presurgical Planning.  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, April, 1998.

Bifano CA, Edgin WA, Colleton C, Bifano SL, Constantino PD.  Preliminary Evaluation of Hydroxyapatite Cement as an Augmentation Device in the Edentulous Atrophic Canine Mandible.  Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, May, 1998

Powers DB, Edgin WA, Tabatchnick L. Stereolithography:  A Historical Review and Indications for Use in the Management of Trauma.  Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma, Fall, 1998.

Roofe SB, Boyd EM, Houston GD, EdginWA.  Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in the Epithelial Lining of a Dentigerous Cyst.  Southern Medical Journal, June, 1999.

Simmons RK, Edgin WA.  Ameloblastoma:  A Case Report.  Texas Dental Journal, June, 2003.

Edgin WA, Simmons RK, Terezhalmy, GT, Moore, WS.  Ameloblastoma.  Quintessence Int, May, 2003.

Powers, DP, Edgin WA.  Modeling and Stereolithography in Orbital Trauma.  In Evaluation and Treatment of Orbital Fractures - A Multidisciplinary Approach. Ed. Holck, DE.  WB Saunders, 2005.

Neeley WW, Edgin WA, Gonzales DA.  A Review of the Effects of Expansion of the Nasal Base on Nasal Airflow and Resistance.  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, June, 2007.

Edgin WA, Morgan-Marshall A, Fitzsimmons TD.  Transcaruncular Approach to Medial Orbital Wall Fractures.  Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nov, 2007.

Al-Harbi SA, Edgin WA. Preservation of Soft Tissue Contours with Immediate Screw Retained Provisional Implant Crown.  The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, Nov, 2007.

McGuff HS, Alderson GL, Jones AC, Edgin WA.  Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor. Texas Dental Journal, Dec, 2008.

Edgin WA, Pratt TC, Grimwood RE. Pemphigus Vulgaris and Paraneoplastic Pemphigus.  North American Clinics of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nov, 2008.