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About
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Dr.
Pearson graduated in 1974 from Dentistry at the University of British
Columbia. Prior to graduating he had spent three summers performing
biological research in the Yukon and had fallen in love with the
Territory and it's unique culture.
In 1974 , Dr.
Pearson drove north from Vancouver in his 1956 Pontiac, which
barely made it to Whitehorse. Dr. Pearson began his career with the
only dental clinic in Whitehorse as an associate of Dr. Pugh and
Dr. Banks. After working in the Yukon for a year or so Dr. Pearson
travelled to Pictou, Nova Scotia where he worked for a short period
of time until he and his family decided to return to the Yukon.
Upon Returning to the Yukon Dr. Pearson decided to strike out on
his own, in 1977 and the Klondyke
Clinic was
born.
After working
for several years in the Klondyke Clinic, Dr. Pearson found that
there was a significant need for additional dentists in Whitehorse
to care for the growing population, so in 1990 Chilkoot Dental
Clinic was
begun.
| In 1995, Dr. Pearson created another
first in Whitehorse, by building the Pearson Dental Clinic with a Focus on Pediatric
Dentistry. He believed that creating a positive environment for
children was very important, reducing the children's anxiety level
when visiting the clinic for dental care. |
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Finally in
1999, Dr. Pearson acquired the Watson Lake
Dental Clinic. Dr. Pearson has been very involved
in providing dental care to the more remote areas in the Yukon. He
began in 1982 when he visted the Cassiar and Tungsten mines on road
trips to provide mine employees with dental care on the mine sites
so they did not have to travel into Whitehorse. Now, the Watson
Lake Dental Clinic allows patients to receive quality dental care
without a 5-hour drive to Whitehorse.
The Pearson
Group of Clinics is dedicated to the Whitehorse community and
continues to provide a great deal of support and involvement for
soccer teams, hockey teams, and other children's sports activities.
Dr. Pearson enjoys sponsoring and participating in many of the
community's various children's sports activities.
| In recent years Dr. Pearson has been
serving around the world in disaster relief efforts, most recently
in Thailand. He
provides his services through BC-FORT, the British Columbia Forensic
Odontology Response Team, and BOLD, the Bureau of Legal Dentistry, the
first and only laboratory in North America that is dedicated to
full-time forensic dentistry research, casework and graduate
teaching. |
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