Departments & Divisions
Billy D Tiner, DDS, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor
B. D. Tiner grew up in Arkansas and received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from Arkansas State University in 1972. He went on to earn his Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in 1975 and his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1987.
Dr. Tiner’s post-graduate training included an Internship in Anesthesia at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1980-81. He successfully completed a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1984 at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.
Dr. Tiner is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Life Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Dentists. Additionally, Dr. Tiner is an active member and Past President of the Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. In 2009, Dr. Tiner was awarded the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’ L. Jack Bolton Distinguished Service Award and in 2013 he was awarded the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’ Presidential Achievement Award. Most recently in 2022, he was honored to receive the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry Outstanding Alumnus Award.
Dr. Tiner proudly served as President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2008-09 and as President of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons from 2020-21. He became only the twelfth individual to serve as President of both organizations. From 1989-1996, Dr. Tiner served full-time on the faculty of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas HSC in San Antonio. His academic career culminated as the residency program director in 1995-96 for the OMS training program at the University of Texas HSC in San Antonio as a tenured Associate Professor. Currently, he serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the OMS Department at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Tiner has authored or co-authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters during his career.
Dr. Tiner retired from active private practice in 2021 after twenty-five years with Alamo Maxillofacial Surgical Associates. During his surgical career his practice encompassed all areas of oral and maxillofacial surgery with a focus on the correction of jaw deformities (orthognathic surgery), the surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea, pathology of the maxillofacial region and dental implants.
From 1975-2000, Dr. Tiner proudly served as a Dental O\icer in the United States Navy and retired as a Navy Captain. He has been married to his wife, Brenda, for fifty-two years and they have two adult children, Lauren and Colby.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1987 - MD - Doctor of Medicine - University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio Tx
- 1975 - DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery - University of Tennessee College Dentistry, Tn
- 1972 - BS - Zoology - Arkansas State University, Ak
Training
- 1984 - Resident - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - University of Texas Health Science Center, Tx
- 1981 - Internship - Anesthesiology - University of Texas Health Science Center, Tx
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Publications
Tiner BD, Jones JK: Current concepts in the management of obstructive sleep apnea. Educational summaries and outlines. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 78th annual meeting, Miami, Florida, September 1996
Saigusa M, Van Sickles JE, Jones JD, Tiner BD, Gardner WA: A clinical evaluation of HA coated TPS and TPS cylinder dental implants. Educational summaries and outlines, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 78th annual meeting, Miami, Florida, September 1996
Lupori J, Esther MS, McAnear JT, Ingmundson P, Tiner BD: Postoperative morbidity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with orthognathic surgery. Program outline and scientific abstracts, Association of Professional Sleep Societies, 10th annual meeting, Washington, DC, May 1996
Butros AM, Rugh JD, Tiner BD, Clark GM, Keeling SD: Comparison of occlusal changes with rigid and wire fixation. J Dental Resch 75 (Special Issue) p 338, 1996
De La Fuente J, Bays RA, Salome NN, Tiner BD, Keeling SD, Rugh JD: The effects of age on recovery of function following BSSO surgery. J Dental Resch 75 (Special Issue) p 188, 1996
Bitonti DA, Van Sickles JE, Jones DL, Tiner BD: Increased craniocervical angle increases airway resistance in the obstructive sleep apnea patient. Educational summaries and outlines, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 77th annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 1995
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Clinical
Board Certifications
- 1998 - American College of Surgeons
- 1987 - American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- 1987 - American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery