Dr. Michael Hansen, a graduate of Ohio State University, is committed to excellence and providing you with outstanding patient care. He wants to ensure that every patient has a great dental experience when they visit Santa Fe Dental. That’s why he consistently goes the extra mile in the care he provides and the training he receives. He shares a common goal with each patient ― to ensure you have great oral and systemic health provided through exceptional dental care.

Continuing education is the cornerstone to advanced and comprehensive patient service. Dr. Hansen seeks out and attends the best seminars and continuing education courses year after year to ensure he stays at the forefront of the dental industry. This allows Dr. Hansen to provide his patients with the best and most up–to–date dental care possible. He and his team offer a unique and positive dental experience where your health, comfort, function, and beauty are the top priority.

Dr. Hansen’s clinical emphasis is in the area of craniofacial orthopedic development, which lead him to found the Oklahoma Center for Craniofacial Development. He works closely with a multidisciplinary team that treats craniofacial underdevelopment of the jaws and the oral muscle dysfunctions that are associated with it. Through this treatment modality, he nonsurgically helps develop and balance the jaws and face to improve Sleep Disordered Breathing problems, TMJ disorders, and other craniofacial anomalies using oral orthopedic appliance therapy, orthodontics, and myofunctional therapy. 

Certifications and Affiliations:

Affiliate at the Breathe Institute 

Clinical Advocate and Integrated Provider for Vivos Therapeutics 

Graduate of a two-year certification program offered by the Clinical Foundation of Orthopedic, Orthodontics & TMD Therapy

Certified Invisalign® Provider, including completion of advanced courses

Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation (D.O.C.S.) Member,

Certified in conscious sedation

Implantology (Surgery & Restoration)

Certified Lumineers® Provider

Member of the American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry 

Member of the American Dental Association

Member of the Oklahoma Dental Association

Dr. Hansen participates annually in the Oklahoma Mission of Mercy, and has since its inception.  He considers it a great honor to serve the people of Oklahoma each year in this manner.

Dr. Hansen also participated in medical and dental missions in the Dominican Republic and Honduras.

Dr. Hansen, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, spent much of his childhood in various mining towns in the mountains of Colorado, California, and Utah. He enjoys the outdoors and is active in his church and community. He spent two years in Paraguay as a missionary and loves South American culture.

Dr. Hansen’s wife, Heather, was raised in Edmond, where she graduated from Deer Creek High School. Dr. Hansen and Heather met while attending Utah State University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. They have four beautiful children – Jacob, Lily, Leif, and Luke.