Dr. Stephen Wagner
Prosthodontist
Albuquerque, NM
Lecture Topics
- Prosthodontics
- Digital Dentures
- Implant Overdentures
About Dr. Wagner
Dr. Stephen Wagner is a Clinical Professor at the Woody Hunt School of Dental Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, President Elect of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics, and a Fellow of the Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, the American College of Prosthodontists, and the Academy of Prosthodontics. He is currently in his 47th year of private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dr. Wagner earned his dental degree from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 1975 and completed his prosthodontic training at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, in 1978. He serves on the Review Board of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants and is the Editor of the American College of Prosthodontists’ Board Study Guide. He also serves as Chief Clinical Officer for Global Dental Science and is a recipient of the American College of Prosthodontists Private Practice Award.
His dental photography has been featured by the New York Times, ABC News, The Discovery Channel, Newsweek, medical and dental textbooks, and the American Dental Association, including the Journal of the American Dental Association, ADA educational pamphlets, and the ADA website.
Dr. Wagner’s clinical and investigative interests focus on work simplification in removable and maxillofacial prosthodontics, as well as the fabrication and clinical use of digitally fabricated removable prostheses. A dedicated student of complete dentures, he has been at the forefront of the transition from analog to digital denture fabrication. He holds patents in the field and maintains a website offering products developed through his ongoing research, clinical experience, and product development.
Dr. Wagner earned his dental degree from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 1975 and completed his prosthodontic training at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, in 1978. He serves on the Review Board of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants and is the Editor of the American College of Prosthodontists’ Board Study Guide. He also serves as Chief Clinical Officer for Global Dental Science and is a recipient of the American College of Prosthodontists Private Practice Award.
His dental photography has been featured by the New York Times, ABC News, The Discovery Channel, Newsweek, medical and dental textbooks, and the American Dental Association, including the Journal of the American Dental Association, ADA educational pamphlets, and the ADA website.
Dr. Wagner’s clinical and investigative interests focus on work simplification in removable and maxillofacial prosthodontics, as well as the fabrication and clinical use of digitally fabricated removable prostheses. A dedicated student of complete dentures, he has been at the forefront of the transition from analog to digital denture fabrication. He holds patents in the field and maintains a website offering products developed through his ongoing research, clinical experience, and product development.
Honors and Achievements
Discover Dr. Wagner's Latest Courses
Dentures Reimagined: 100 Concepts for Success in the Digital Age NEW!
The art and science of complete dentures are evolving. Are you ready?
Inspired by Dr. Wagner's upcoming Quintessence Publishing book, 100 Concepts, Rules, and Techniques Every Denture Maker Should Know, this dynamic, clinically focused course combines the essential principles of successful denture treatment with advances in digital technology and implant-retained prostheses.
Discover how time-tested clinical concepts, streamlined digital workflows, and advances in milled and 3D-printed dentures can transform the way you deliver care. From diagnosis, treatment planning, impressions, esthetics, and occlusion to implant overdenture planning, attachment selection, and maintenance, the course emphasizes practical techniques you can put to work immediately.
Whether refining conventional techniques or embracing digital dentures, participants will discover new ways to achieve predictable outcomes, greater clinical efficiency, and improved patient satisfaction.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Master the essential principles of successful complete dentures, from diagnosis and treatment planning to impressions, esthetics, occlusion, and prosthesis design, using practical, evidence-based concepts that improve clinical outcomes.
- Harness the power of digital denture technology to streamline clinical workflows, reduce appointments, and deliver predictable, high-quality prostheses using contemporary milling and 3D-printing techniques.
- Expand treatment possibilities with implant-retained overdentures by applying prosthetically driven implant planning, selecting appropriate attachment systems, and implementing efficient protocols for long-term clinical success.
Format:
Lecture, virtual, or hands-on
Length:
Available as 1-hour, 2-hour, or full-day program
Audience:
General dentists, denturists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
Lecture, virtual, or hands-on
Length:
Available as 1-hour, 2-hour, or full-day program
Audience:
General dentists, denturists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
Impression Making for the Modern Complete Denture NEW!
A focused clinical course on impression technique - selective-pressure, mucostatic, functional, and digital - matched to ridge anatomy and tissue character. Includes management of flabby ridges, severely resorbed mandibles, and the buccal-shelf-as-primary-support concept.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Match impression technique to ridge anatomy and tissue compressibility.
- Capture functional borders that the muscular envelope can live with.
- Recognize when conventional, scanned, or hybrid impression strategies fit the case.
Format:
Lecture or lecture with hands-on tray-design workshop
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour lecture; often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, dental technicians, and denturists
Lecture or lecture with hands-on tray-design workshop
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour lecture; often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, dental technicians, and denturists
Records and Occlusion in Complete Denture Therapy NEW!
Centric relation, occlusal vertical dimension, occlusal plane orientation, and occlusal-scheme selection (balanced, lingualized, monoplane). Addresses the records appointment as the highest-leverage visit in the case.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Establish OVD using triangulated phonetic, esthetic, and tactile tests.
- Capture a reproducible centric relation record using bilateral manipulation, anterior deprogrammers, or gothic arch tracing.
- Select an occlusal scheme matched to coordination, ridge support, and patient findings.
Format:
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
Esthetic Tooth Arrangement: Making Dentures Look Like the Patient NEW!
Frush and Fisher's dentogenic framework applied to modern denture esthetics. Covers tooth-mold selection, individualization, midline, smile line, buccal corridor, negative space, and gingival contours.
Learning Objectives:
Format:
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
Learning Objectives:
- Match tooth shape, size, and shade to face form, age, and the patient's pre-extraction reference.
- Design intentional asymmetry and individualization that read as natural.
- Communicate esthetic specifications precisely to the laboratory.
Format:
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, and dental laboratory technicians
The Edentulous Patient: Diagnosis, PDI, and Treatment Planning NEW!
A diagnostic foundation course covering structured patient interview, intraoral examination, the ACP Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index, and treatment plan documentation. Emphasizes the patient who should not be treated as well as the patient who should.
Learning Objectives:
Format:
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, residents, and dental students
Learning Objectives:
- Conduct a structured initial interview that captures patient-stated goals and refractory flags.
- Apply the PDI to stratify case complexity and guide referral decisions.
- Write a treatment plan that becomes the medico-legal foundation of the case.
Format:
Lecture
Length:
1-hour or 2-hour, often combined with other lectures
Audience:
General dentists, prosthodontists, residents, and dental students
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