Meet Your Orthodontists
‍Dr. Jason Pair & Dr. Michael Hoang

Dr. Michael Hoang

Dr. Michael Hoang is a board-certified orthodontist who grew up in sunny Southern California. He graduated magna cum laude from University of California, Irvine where he earned his B.S. in Biological Sciences and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. He then continued his education at UCLA School of Dentistry, where he graduated with honors. Finally, he stayed to complete his Orthodontic residency at UCLA, where he served as chief resident and concurrently earned his M.S. in Oral Biology.

Dr. Michael comes from a Bruin family of dentists, joining his father who graduated from UCLA Orthodontics and his sister who graduated from UCLA School of Dentistry. At UCLA, Dr. Jason Pair served as his clinical instructor during residency. Life has come full circle now for Dr. Michael, as he has joined Dr. Jason as a part-time faculty member to lead treatment planning seminars at UCLA Section of Orthodontics and provide clinical instruction to the residents. In addition, he currently serves as the president of the UCLA Alumni Association. He is a member of the American Association of Orthodontics, the California Association of Orthodontics, the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, and the Western Los Angeles Dental Society.

Dr. Michael enjoys spending time with his family and friends, hiking, and traveling internationally. He has participated in various volunteer dental organizations, traveling to Honduras, Mexico, and Vietnam.

Dr. Jason Pair

After graduating from UCLA with a B.S. In physiological sciences, Dr. Jason traveled north to dental school, where he attended UCSF. He graduated #2 In a class of 91 and was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), the national dental honor society. He completed his orthodontic residency In 1999 at UCLA, where he was chief resident. His research project was published In the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, the leading peer-reviewed journal in the profession.

Dr. Jason serves on the board of the San Fernando Valley Dental Society, where he was president In 2007. He Is a clinical Instructor in the UCLA orthodontic residency program. He continues to lecture to UCLA dental students and orthodontic residents and served as alumni president in 2006. He is a member of the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, and the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists. In recent years, besides lecturing at UCLA, he has lectured to the California Dental Assistant Society, the San Fernando Valley Dental Assistant Society, the ROP program of Santa Clarita, and to the students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala.

Dr. Jason has four children, and they love to travel and hike. Dr. Jason also enjoys surfing, skiing, photography and woodworking. He has participated in various volunteer dental organizations, traveling to Guatemala, Mexico and Israel.

See a published case report from Dr. Jason Pair: Case Report