Dustin Burleson

Dustin Burleson is an American orthodontist and consultant.

Dr. Burleson started his own private orthodontist practice, Burleson Orthodontics and Pediactric Dentistry, in 2006. His private consulting and coaching company, Burleson Seminars, provides practice management tools, marketing plans and employee training resources to small practices. As an Assistant Clinical Professor, he teaches at his alma mater, UMKC, and at The Children's Mercy Hospital.

Burleson uses his specialty training to help patients with cleft palate at Saint Luke's Hospital. Dr. Burleson is the Director of The Leo H. Rheam Foundation for Cleft and Craniofacial Orthodontics. He also supports Smiles Change Lives and is the nation’s largest provider of free orthodontic care through this community orthodontic program.

• Golden Apple Award for New Dental Leadership from the American Dental Association (2014)
• Distinguished Service Award from Smiles Change Lives (2014)
• Top Dentist by 435 South magazine (2013-2016)
• Family Favorite by KC Parent magazine (2013-2014)
• "Best of the Northland" Silver Award (Orthodontics) (2012)

• "ADA New Dentist Committee names leadership, program award recipients" ADA News. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
• "The 4th Annual Gini Awards" Smiles Change Lives. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
• "Top Dentists 2014" 435 South. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
• "2013 KC Parent Family Favorites" KC Parent. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
• "Family Favorites 2014" KC Parent. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
• "Medical Awards" Best of the Northland - 2012. Retrieved 2016-07-07.

Dr. Burleson is the author of The Ultimate Ortho Handbook, The Consumer's Guide to Invisalign, and Stop Hiding Your Smile! A Parent's Guide to Confidently Choosing an Orthodontist. He is also a contributing author of No B.S. Guide to Maximum Referrals and Customer Retention and has been published in the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Monthly Journal of Spectacular Smiles.

Born into a family of dentists, Burleson spent his early teenage years working in his father’s dental office, an experience that led him to peruse his own career in the dental field. Between semesters in college, he worked at a marketing firm. At the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he studied Biology and earned both his Bachelor of Arts and D.D.S degrees. Though a unique six-year program, he was able to complete all of his specialty training in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at UMKC as well.

He resides in Kansas City, Missouri with his family.