Long Beach, CA Orofacial Pain Specialist

Douglas Wall approaches his patients, students, staff, and family in a kind and caring manner and seeks the best for all. Dr. Wall was born and raised in Long Beach, California, where he attended Millikan High School and then California State University at Long Beach to attain a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. His dental school training was completed at Loyola University Chicago College of Dental Surgery. After completion of dental school he completed a one year post-graduate General Practice Residency at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital.

Dr. Wall has been practicing dentistry for over 38 years, and has spent many years in continuing education courses with special interests in Orofacial Pain, Cosmetic Dentistry, Implantology, Dental Sleep Medicine, and Hospital Dentistry. He is Board Certified in Orofacial Pain and a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Wall is on part-time faculty at UCLA as a lecturer and assists in the Orofacial Pain Residency. At USC, he is an Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Dentistry involved with the Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Residency.  Dr. Wall is on staff at Long Beach Memorial Hospital where he treats patients with special needs.

Dr. Wall continues to be active in organized dentistry, having served as President of the Harbor Dental Society and serving on Judicial Council for the California Dental Association. He served on the board of the Harbor Dental Society as the Ethics Chairman and is the former President of Orange County Cosmetic Dentistry. Dr. Wall is also a member of the American Dental Association, the International Team of Implantology, Reality Cosmetics, Special Care Dentistry, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Dental Sleep Medicine,  International Headache Society, the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific, the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the American Headache Association, and the American Pain Society.

When he’s not at the office, Dr. Wall is a very active family man having two great children, Megan and Matt, and his wonderful wife Gale.