Doctor and Staff

Meet the experienced and friendly dentists and staff who make New Direction Dental the leading provider of oral hygiene and personalized dental services in Tahlequah.

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Dr. Brant Rouse

Dr. Brant Rouse has been in private practice serving Tahlequah and the surrounding community since 2006.  He has enjoyed twenty one years in private practice

Dr. Rouse attended the University of Oklahoma in Norman for four years studying microbiology, and then received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in 2004.  Brant is a native eastern Oklahoman having grown up on the south end of Lake Tenkiller graduating as Salutatorian of his 1996 class at Vian Public Schools.  Dr. Rouse spent two years practicing dentistry at the Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center in Stilwell, and in December 2005 was promoted to the Dental Clinic Supervisor at the Redbird Smith Health Center in Sallisaw.  He took over the dental practice of Dr. Tom Been in Tahlequah in May 2008 and feels blessed to be serving our area today!

In 2025 Dr Rouse was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Dentists. This Fellowship reputation for ethical conduct and professional standing that is unquestioned. Personality, integrity, education, unselfishness, and high professional ideals as well as freedom from mercenary tendencies shall be considered in evaluating the qualifications of all candidates considered for fellowship

He is Pankey Institute and Spear Education alum.  He is a member of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy, Academy of General Dentistry, American Dental Association, and the Oklahoma Dental Association.  In addition to general dentistry continuing education, Dr. Rouse has kept abreast of the latest in dental techniques and technologies.  Dr. Brant considers himself a Pankey trained Dentist.  He has completed the essentials cirriculum at the Pankey Institute.  The focus of the Pankey education is to provide excellent predictable functional dental care that is designed around systemic function and health.  The Pankey Institute is a hub for excellence in comprehensive restorative dentistry.

Dr. Rouse is currently 2^nd vice president of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry serving in his second term.

He is President of the Eastern District of the Oklahoma Dental Association.  He also attends and contributes to a local Spear Study Club and Smilesource study club.

He enjoys meeting patients where they are oral health wise, and helping them craft a plan for their oral health.  We enjoy meeting people where they are and discussing options for their preferred future. Our focus is to provide the highest care of care in both relationship and quality.  Dr. Rouse and his staff would love to serve you and your family’s dental needs.

Brant met his wife, Jennifer, while they were on college summer break in 1999.  Dr Rouse and his wife Jennifer have been happily married for twenty-five years. They have three children, Weston, Addison, and Baylor. The doctor spends his off time with numerous activities with the kids such as baseball, softball, basketball, theatre, music, pageants and church activities.  He enjoys family time on Lake Tenkiller, general aviation, and family vacations.

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