We wouldnt be anything without one essential component: you! You are the reason for what we do, so it is very important to us that you feel comfortable and secure in our care. To help you feel secure in our care, we think you should know a little bit about the people who you are entrusting your dental health to. Get to know us below!
You are the foundation of this organization and thats why our outstanding staff centers all of their efforts on making you comfortable, not only with our quality dental care, but with the very environment we foster every day. Because your comfort is at the top of our priority list, we want to be sure you have all of the information you could possibly want at your disposal. To that end, please feel free to contact our dedicated staff with any questions about procedures, care after procedures or anything else you can think of!
Dr. Steven C. Maller DDS, MS earned his DDS degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1992 and received a direct commission as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps upon his graduation. Dr. Maller toured as a comprehensive dentist for four years at various Royal Air Force Bases in the United Kingdom before entering the USAF Periodontics Residency program at Wilford Hall Medical Center, graduating in 2000 with a Specialty Certificate in Periodontics and a Master of Science degree in Periodontics from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. During his tenure in the USAF, Dr. Maller has served as Director of Clinical Periodontics and Director of Resident Education and Training.
Upon graduation, he joined the faculty at the USAF Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program at Lackland AFB. He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology in 2000. In 2002, he started another tour in the United Kingdom, this time as a periodontist. In 2005, he was selected to join the faculty at the USAF Periodontics Residency Program, where he served as Director of Clinical Periodontics and the Director of Resident Education and Training. He was promoted to full colonel in 2010 and rejoined the faculty of the USAF AEGD Program as Chief of Periodontics. During this time, he also served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Periodontics Department at UTHSCSA, and as an Associate Professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Air Force Postgraduate Dental School. He has published articles in professional journals, served as a mentor for multiple resident Masters Theses projects and lectured nationally and internationally on a wide variety of periodontal topics. Dr. Maller retired from the USAF in October 2013, after more than 21 years of active duty, and join Dr. William Stalkers practice.
Dr. Maller has been married to his wife since 1992 and is the proud father of 2 boys, Sam and Ethan. When not at work, Dr. Maller enjoys spending time with family, playing guitar and volunteering at Concordia Lutheran Church.
Dr. William H. Stalker DDS, MS was born in Louisville, KY in 1944. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1966. Upon returning from Vietnam in 1969 he was admitted to dental school at the University of Indiana in 1970 where he graduated third in his class in 1974. He completed a general practice residency at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio in 1975, and then completed his residency in Periodontics at the U.S. Army Institute of Dental Research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., also earning an M.S. degree in Oral Biology from George Washington University. He had several assignments as a periodontist in the U.S. Army and retired as a colonel in 1986. Dr. Stalker took over Dr. Claude Nabers periodontal practice in 1987 and has maintained that practice for 23 years. In 1983 Dr. Stalker became a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, and he was inducted into the American College of Dentists in 2003.
