Dr. Derek Bouma

Dr. Derek Bouma was born and raised in Provost Alberta, a small town of around 2000 people, an hour south of Lloydminster. There he enjoyed playing hockey, quading, and snowmobiling. Growing up, Dr. Bouma helped his dad and grandfather in their respective family businesses, which taught him a lot about the importance of a strong work ethic, quality service, and customer care. Dr. Bouma began his post-secondary studies at the University of Alberta, ultimately graduating from Griffith University in the Gold Coast of Australia. While completing his Graduate Diploma of Dentistry, he was selected to work with the Royal Flying Doctors Service under New South Wales Health, which provided fly-in, fly-out dental services to very remote areas of New South Wales. Dr. Bouma also worked with Queensland Health and volunteered his dental services to First Nations communities through Hope4Health. Dr. Derek Bouma enjoys all aspects of dentistry, but especially getting to know his patients and building solid and long-lasting relationships with them. To Dr. Bouma, there is no greater satisfaction than showing his patients the mirror at the end of a procedure and seeing the smile on their faces.

Why should patients choose you as their provider instead of others in the area?

Pathways Dental Clinic provide complete dental care with the highest standard of treatment, tailored specifically to each individual client. At Pathways Dental, our exceptional team's goal is to build patients’ trust, ensure their comfort and to inform and educate patients on their pathway to better oral health. Our state-of-the-art dental clinic provides leading family dental services including checkups, emergency dental, restorative and cosmetic dentistry, teeth whitening, sleep dentistry (IV sedation), dental implants, oral surgery, orthodontics and much more.

What are the top 3 treatments that you focus on?

Dental Implants and Wisdom Teeth Surgery Cosmetic Dentistry (veneers and Invisalign) Braces and Invisalign

What are you proud of in your practice?

All under one roof General Dentistry Practice. We take pride in exceptional patient centered care with state-of-the-art, in-house technologies and modern materials, as well as collaborating with the best labs in the city for fabrication of all prosthesis. From Crowns to Dentures, TMJ and sleep appliances, implant-supported restorations, etc.

Which cases do you enjoy treating? Why?

I enjoy treating all cases, I love it all! Each patient and case is unique and I like the variety of being able to do it all. I like removable and fixed orthodontics, implants, surgery, cosmetic cases, Root canals, as well as treating sleep apnea.