Meet Doctor
Paul Pocock

I spent my school years in South Wales and then in the suburbs of London, UK. I attended the oldest dental school in the world: The Royal Dental Hospital in Leicester Square, in the heart of London.

Following dental school, I completed challenging residencies in oral surgery and periodontics before spending a year at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, where my interest in working with cleft lip and palate patients began.

I worked as a general dentist in Australia and Canada before completing my graduate training in orthodontics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

One of the most exciting things about orthodontics is the ongoing research: from that emerges new technologies and treatment modalities which give practitioners greater options for our patients. Continuing education helps me stay at the forefront of these advances.

As a result of the postgraduate coursework I have completed, I am now about to treat complex cases with Invisalign®, as well as teenagers with Invisalign Teen and younger children with Invisalign First. I also utilize several technologies that can reduce treatment time by almost 50% for some patients.

I have lectured around the world on cleft and craniofacial treatment and am an assistant clinical professor in the graduate program at UBC. In addition, I am a team orthodontist with the cleft palate team at BC Children’s Hospital and am a consultant at the National Hospital of Odontostomatology in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, with their cleft team.

Born and raised in South Wales and the suburbs of London, UK, I’ve lived in West Vancouver with my family for the past 25 years.

Sharon, my wife, is the heart of our family. She works part time at the office and remembers everyone’s name, their grandparents’ names, and where their cottage is! She is very upbeat and cheerful. Sharon trained as a nurse and midwife in Australia; when we met in London she was running a special intensive care ward for patients undergoing head and neck surgery.

Son Tristan is my office technician. He makes many of the appliances and retainers. He is really enjoying his new toy, a 3D printer, which benefits our patients because it cuts down on the number of impressions. He and I are petrol heads and enjoy cycling and biking together.

Daughter Sara runs our family equine business. She trains dressage horses and riders, competes at a high level internationally, and organizes our breeding program and stallions.

When I’m not in the office, you’ll most often find me boating, cycling, and shoveling horse manure! I love being a farmer with the horses, especially driving the tractor!