BIOLASE, Inc. announced that Dr. Elaine C. Wagner has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Dr. Wagner is the first female board-certified pediatric dentist to be promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, upper-half, in the United States Navy Dental Corps. She completed residency at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis in 1982 and was certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry in 1991. After 18 months in private practice, Dr. Wagner was commissioned in the US Navy in 1983. After distinguished tours in San Diego and the Philippines, she was assigned to the National Naval Medical Center as the Dental Department's first pediatric dentist in 1992. Following that assignment, her career carried her through many distinguished Navy dental positions, including a year as a Commanding Officer at the Navy's Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) in Kuwait. In 2009, Dr. Wagner assumed command of the Naval Health Clinic New England. The following year, she assumed the duties as the director, Medical Resources Plans and Policy Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations code N931 and chief, Navy Dental Corps. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the commander of Navy Medicine East and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, and as director of the Tidewater Enhanced Multi-Service Market. From 2014 until she retired in 2017, Dr. Wagner served at the Navy'sBureau of Medicine and Surgery in Falls Church, Virginia as the Director for Readiness and Health. Dr. Wagner currently serves as the Registrar/Executive Director for the International College of Dentists USA Section. Her military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit with three gold stars, Meritorious Service Medal with three gold stars, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with two gold stars.