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Donald R Burkhardt DDS MS


Dr. Donald R. Burkhardt is a native of southeastern Michigan. The son of a dentist in New Baltimore, he attended De La Salle High School in Warren and then spent his undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, majoring in biology. He then continued in the Michigan tradition by attending dental school in Ann Arbor and then entering the Graduate Orthodontic Program at the U of M. He became an orthodontist in 2000, and has practiced in Ann Arbor and Okemos since that time. He is married to Dr. Kristine West, who retired from our practice recently after the birth of their second child.
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Dr. Burkhardt has an appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry and also participates in giving continuing education programs through the Office of Continuing Dental Education in association with Drs. McNamara and Nolan. His research interests include clinical studies of the treatment effects produced by the Herbst and Pendulum appliances that are used in the correction of overbites.

Dr. Burkhardt is President of the University of Michigan Orthodontic Alumni Association. He also will be President of the Central District Dental Society in 2007.

Dr. Burkhardt loves to play competitive basketball and sometimes is a reasonable golfer. He and his family like to vacation in Northern Michigan and to visit Dr. West’s family in St. Louis.

Dr. James A. McNamara
Dr. Laurie McNamara McClatchey
Dr. Patrick J. Nolan

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