B.Sc., D.D.S., M.S.D., F.R.C.D.(Canada), Diplomate of ABP

Dr. Victor Mak is a specialist in periodontics and implant surgery, certified in both Canada (as a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada) and the USA (as a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology).

Born and raised in Hong Kong, he attended the University of Alberta in Canada for undergraduate studies in Chemistry. Admitted to the dental school in 1991, he earned a Bachelor of Dental Sciences in 1993 and a Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1995. He completed a General Practice Residency at the University of Toronto in 1996. Moving to Vancouver, he was in private practice as a general dentist for 9 years. Dr. Mak returned to university for postgraduate studies in Periodontics at the University of Washington, completing the three year program in 2007 with a Master’s degree. He successfully passed the board certification exams in both Canada and the USA. Dr. Mak has been in private practice in Vancouver since then and was the owner/operator of his own specialist practice for over a decade.

Dr. Mak enjoys teaching about periodontics, too. Previously, in Vancouver, he hosted small groups of general dentists who enrolled for a year of monthly study club meetings, and this ran for over a decade. His clinical interests include dental implantology, sinus augmentation, oral inflammation, complex periodontal management, crown lengthening, root surface debridement, and scaling and root planing.

He is a past president of the Canadian Academy of Periodontology (2018 – 2021) and British Columbia Society of Periodontists (2011 – 2013).