Tyler Bingham – DMD
Dr. Tyler Bingham is a proud Arizona Native! He grew up in Mesa, where he attended Mountain View High School before going onto Arizona State University. Once he finished his undergraduate work, he moved to Kentucky where he attended dental school at the University of Louisville. He worked in Dallas, Texas after school until he decided he missed Arizona too much and moved back home. When he isn’t in the office, he loves to spend his time at the lake with his wife and four children. He is a proud Arizona sports fan and loves attending any Arizona sporting event that he can get tickets to. Dr. Bingham has a passion for serving others. He frequently makes time to go on various dental mission trips, where he helps in clinics for those unable to get dental work done otherwise. He has served in Ethiopia, the Philippines, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras and is looking forward to where his next mission will take him.
Dr. Bob Winkler
Dr. Winkler grew up here in the East Valley until age 16, first attending Tempe McClintock High School, and then graduating from Scottsdale Coronado (All State Baseball). He also graduated from, and played baseball at, Phoenix College and Stanford University (Class of 1983). After Indiana University School of Dentistry (Class of 1987), he founded a dental practice in Colorado Springs where we were proud to take the very best care of our patients for 34 years, returning to the Valley in 2022. He then mentored 3rd and 4th year dental students at Midwestern University School of Dentistry. He loves the dentistry and being on a team that is committed to CANI – Constant And Never ending Improvement. He believes we are all blessed with gifts, and we should help others where and when we can. Serving the underprivileged has always been core to who he is, and so over the years has completed numerous dental mission trips. Dr. Winkler is a Christian and married with 4 grown children and 3 grandchildren. He loves reading and studying the Bible, playing with his grandchildren, pickleball, softball, traveling, and the never-ending battle to stay in decent spiritual and physical shape.
Dr. Spencer Torgerson
Dr. Spencer Torgerson brings a unique perspective to dentistry that comes from his years of experience in other professions. Before finding his passion in the dental field, he built custom homes for a number of years in the East Valley. The experience he gained being able to see a project from an idea all the way through to completion has been a valuable asset to practicing dentistry. He is able to relate with patients on a personal level across a variety of backgrounds.
Dr. Torgerson’s desire to pursue a career change to dentistry was fueled by a combination of personal medical issues and lack of empathetic doctors, as well as a desire to follow in his grandfather’s example as a selfless physician. He has always remembered a line from a poem which his grandfather wrote that was hanging in his medical office: “Help me that I may listen patiently, diagnose carefully, prescribe conscientiously, and follow through faithfully.”
Dr. T (as he is affectionately called by his patients) earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Louisville. He is an active member of the American Dental Association. He loves to learn and stay on the cutting edge of technology. He has developed and improved several advancements in the dental field and currently holds two patents on dental devices. Nothing gives Dr, T more joy than being able to help patients completely change their lives through improving when their oral health has been improved.
Outside of the dental office, Dr. T enjoys spending time with family and friends, golfing, being outdoors, woodworking, and remodel projects. He is pretty handy and there are few things he can’t fix or repair.