The orthodontist other orthodontists learn from. And now, the one taking care of you.
Credentials at a glance
- 27 years practicing orthodontics
- 100+ lectures delivered to fellow orthodontists, across 5 continents and 15+ countries in the last five years alone
- Adjunct Professor, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, San Francisco
- Co-inventor of the AdvanSync Class 2 Corrector, an appliance orthodontists still use worldwide
- Published author of a book and numerous articles in the specialty
- DMD, Oregon Health & Science University (1997) · Orthodontic certificate, Tufts University (1999)
- More than 99% of his cases are treated without pulling a healthy toot
- Airway-focused care for children, evaluating breathing, sleep, and tongue function in kids as young as four, alongside ENTs and myofunctional therapists
Why he’s here
When Dr. Kevin Ensley decided to retire, he was not willing to hand this practice to just anyone. He did not have to look far.
Dr. Sara Edmondson has been treating patients here for four years. For five years before and alongside that, she worked side by side with Dr. Bill Dischinger at his practice in Lake Oswego. These are not two doctors being introduced. They have planned cases together for years, and now you have both of them.
A name orthodontists already know
Dr. Bill did not learn modern orthodontic technique. He grew up inside its invention.
His father, Dr. Terry Dischinger, was a genuine pioneer in the field, known internationally for methods of correcting bites without removing teeth. Dr. Bill joined him in 1999, and the two practiced side by side until Dr. Terry retired in 2015. Sixteen years, same operatory, refining the work together. Along the way they co-invented the AdvanSync Class 2 Corrector, an appliance orthodontists around the world still use today to correct bites.
For both of them, working together was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Dr. Bill would love it if one of his four boys picked up the same career someday.
What that means when you’re in the chair
- He doesn’t pull teeth he doesn’t have to. Crowding is almost always a jaw-space problem, not a too-many-teeth problem. Using techniques his family helped pioneer, Dr. Bill makes room instead of removing healthy teeth. More than 99% of his patients never need an extraction. If you have been told your child needs teeth pulled, it is worth a second opinion.
- He treats the hard cases with clear aligners. Most offices offer aligners for straightforward cases and put everything else in brackets. Dr. Bill spends part of every year teaching other orthodontists how to treat complex cases with Spark clear aligners. If you have been told you are too complicated for aligners, you have not been told no here yet.
- With kids, he looks past the teeth. How a child breathes, sleeps, and uses their tongue and lips shapes how their face and jaw develop. Dr. Bill evaluates children as young as four for airway and growth concerns, working alongside ENTs and myofunctional therapists. Poor sleep in childhood is not something kids simply grow out of, and catching it early is the whole point of an early visit.
The doctor other doctors come to hear
Dr. Bill has given more than 100 lectures to orthodontists, on five continents and in more than 15 countries in the past five years alone. He serves as an adjunct professor at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry’s orthodontic program in San Francisco, has published widely, and has written a book in the specialty. He is recognized by his peers as an expert in the field, which is a sentence he would never say about himself.
Here is why that matters to you and not just to his CV. When a case gets complicated, most orthodontists call someone. Dr. Bill is who they call.