5501 Southwest 29th Street, Suite 1
Topeka, KS 66614
785-215-6658
Fax: 785-215-6673
Dr. Michael Browning grew up in Winfield, Kansas, where he graduated from Winfield High. He then attended Fort Hays State for one year and Kansas State for his last three years of college. He graduated from Kansas State with a Bachelor of Science in biology. While at Kansas State, Dr. Browning started the KSU pre-dental club. He was its president for two years before graduating.
Then, Dr. Browning attended dental school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, Nebraska. Between his third and fourth years of dental school, he married Sarah, a dental school classmate. In 2005, both husband and wife each graduated from Nebraska with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.).
Dr. Michael has always enjoyed working with children, which naturally led him into the field of pediatric dentistry. Immediately after completing dental school, Dr. Browning was accepted into the two-year pediatric dental residency at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. This residency is partnered with two Dallas hospitals: Children’s Medical Center and the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. In addition to his training at the dental school and in community dental clinics, he gained valuable experience at these hospitals, which are both recognized nationally for their children’s medical care. He graduated in the summer of 2007, receiving his certificate in pediatric dentistry. Then, he and Dr. Sarah moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, to work in private practice.
While in private practice, Dr. Michael undertook the board certification process with the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He successfully completed the two-part board certification process in March of 2008, at which point he became a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Browning received national recognition from the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry as a recipient of the Pugh Award. This is an annual award given to candidates who scored in the top 3 percent on the written qualifying examination. Additionally, Dr. Browning has been recognized as an active member with fellow status within the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
Both doctors, Michael and Sarah, are Kansas natives. Naturally, they were drawn back to Kansas when Dr. Michael decided it was time to open his own office. Dr. Michael’s family lives in Winfield, west of Topeka and near Dover. Dr. Sarah grew up in McPherson and Hays.
Dr. Michael is a man with many hobbies. His interests include traveling, archery, hunting, scuba diving, backpacking, camping and playing with his two golden retrievers, Ren and Hondo. Doctors Michael and Sarah have also enjoyed volunteering their dental skills. They have volunteered at many of the Kansas Mission of Mercy’s (KMOM) dental projects. It was during dental school and his residency that Dr. Michael volunteered for the first five events. Most recently, he volunteered again at the Manhattan KMOM project. The couple has also volunteered with three international dental missions: twice in Honduras and once in Guatemala.
Dr. Michael is currently working with the Douglas County Dental Clinic’s pediatric patients while he waits for the construction process to be complete on Sunflower Smiles Pediatric Dentistry.
Please feel free to contact Dr. Michael or any member of the Sunflower Smiles Pediatric Dentistry team directly with any questions you may have regarding your child’s dental care. We are always happy to help in any way we can!
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