Eric Dendinger, DDS

Dr. Eric Dendinger

Chair: Omaha

Dr. Eric Dendinger received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University in Omaha, NE and graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry in 2007. Dr. Dendinger currently serves as the Clinical Director for Family First Dental, a DSO that includes 24 locations and 28 doctors in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. In his current role as clinical director, he is responsible for the clinical direction and the dental standards of all the practices in the company. He completed the “Train the Trainer” course through Align in 2017 and has served as the Invisalign trainer for the dentists of Family First Dental since that time. Dr. Dendinger currently splits his time between working chairside at his practice in Norfolk, NE and his role as clinical director.

Dr. Dendinger is currently a Gold Invisalign provider and has been doing Invisalign since 2012. He attended Reingage in 2015 as part of the Arch Madness group and has been an AACA member since 2019. He was a top 10 finalist in the AACA Golden Aligner competition in 2021 and became an AACA fellow in 2022.

Dr. Dendinger and his wife Vicky have 3 children. Outside of dentistry, Dr. Dendinger loves to attend music concerts and festivals. He currently plays piano and organ in three different bands that play a mix of blues, jazz and rock music.