About Al Stenger, DDS
Dr Stenger graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Chemistry in 1984 and from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry in 1988. After completing dental school, Dr Stenger returned to Charlottesville to complete a two-year general practice residency at the University of Virginia Hospitals. In residency, Dr Stenger had the opportunity to work with many special needs patients including medically compromised individuals who had very complex situations that didn’t necessarily conform to the usual and customary. While he has always had great respect and compassion for individual needs, his experience in residency served to further this approach to providing health care; namely, each person is unique and deserves to be treated as such. “We believe that taking time to know and understand each patient is the key to providing individualized care. Every doctor has chosen to make spending time with each patient a priority. This can be during any routine office visit or from time to time when a dental procedure is necessary. We also understand that there are times when fear or anxiety can interfere with a patient’s dental experience. Our practice has taken the training and necessary regulatory steps to make sedation an option for these patients,” says Dr. Stenger. In recognition of how Dr. Stenger treats every patient as an individual and his exceptional cosmetic dental skills, he was honored with Richmond Magazine’s “Best Bedside Manner” award for Cosmetic Dentistry in 2013. He also was recognized as a “Top Dentist” in Richmond Magazine in 2009. Dr Stenger enjoys teaching and has taught at the VCU School of Dentistry for over two decades. In 2005, he was recognized with the VCU “Excellence in Dental Education Award” for his commitment to dental education. Dr Stenger believes the best way to make your community better is to become fully engaged. He has served on the Cross Over Ministry Board of Directors, The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities and the Chesterfield County Special Education Advisory Committee. He served as President of the Richmond Surge AAU Basketball program and has coached both girls and boys in the middle school and high school age groups. Dr. Stenger has served in many leadership roles in the Richmond Dental Society including various committee chairs, the Board of Directors and President. He also has served the Virginia Dental Association in the House of Delegates and as committee chair for the Special Needs Committee and the Virginia Dental Health Foundation. He has volunteered in the VDA Missions of Mercy in Wise County, the Eastern Shore, Grundy and Danville.
