About Us
Sedation Care Dentistry Clinic was conceptualized with the idea of providing treatment to those that require extensive restorations or for those who are not comfortable/able to sit in the dental chair. We provide a full scope of dentistry, by referral, for Pediatric patients, ages 3 and up, requiring sedation for dental treatment; and, Adult patients requiring sedation for dental treatment.
We’re happy to see patients for their sedation dentistry, however, this is NOT a facility for ongoing routine dental care and other than postoperative care, you will be directed back to your office for your regular dental care.
We are a ground floor clinic and are wheel chair accessible.
A requirement within the Office for all of the Dentists and the Anesthesiologist directly associated with patient care is that they be PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certified.
Included is a brief Team Bio of each professional listed below.
Our Team
Dr. Andrew Hokhold
Dr. Andrew N. Hokhold graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1981. Since graduation, he has worked predominantly up north in isolated communities which afforded him extensive surgical experience. Part of that experience required the use of sedation to enable the treatment of extensive oral surgery cases, maxillary and mandibular fractures, facial trauma, as well as general, operative dentistry .Using Triazolam and Midazolam for moderate dental sedation , he has completed thousands of sedative cycles.
Dr. Hokhold’s practice is Limited to Oral Surgery. Our clinic is licensed for multiple sedative agents. We offer a wide range of services in this area, both light sedation and full sedation for the comfort of the patient, as well as, treatment with only local anesthesia.
Dr. Hokhold’s services include, but are not limited to, wisdom teeth extraction, full mouth clearance, biopsies, frenectomies, pre-prosthetic surgery, tori and exostosis removal.
CBCT imagery is available at the office for complex cases as well as provision of imagery for other dental offices and their patients, upon request.
He has practiced dentistry in the Vernon area since 2002.
Dr. Dil Chand
Dr. Dil Chand was born and raised in Kelowna. After graduating with her D.M.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003, she located to Salmon Arm to practice general dentistry and has been at the same office for 15 years.
Dil is dedicated to life-long learning to provide her patients with evidence-based dentistry. She is a member of the Frank Spear Study Clubs and has completed comprehensive courses in Orthodontics. Dil has served as President of the Salmon Arm Dental Society and President of the Thompson Okanagan Dental Society.
When she is not working, Dil enjoys being outside spending time with her family on their organic dairy farm.
Dr. Brandon J Schiffner
Dr. Brandon J Schiffner, B.Sc., DDS. is a general dentist practicing in Salmon Arm, BC. He received his DDS at the University of Pacific; Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Brandon provides a wide range of general dentistry where he works along-side his wife Kristy Chu, his father in law Gerry Chu and Dr. Dil Chand.
His scope of practice includes endodontics, restorative in both adults and pediatric patients, prosthodontics (dentures, over dentures and partials), oral surgery (exodontia, grafting and restoring implants). Cosmetic dentistry and full mouth rehabilitation are also of interest to Brandon. He is currently the president of both the Salmon Arm dental society and the Thompson Okanagan dental society.
When not practicing dentistry he can be found on the ski hill or golf course with his young son and wife.
Dr. Tigger Calvert
Dr. Tigger Calvert B.P.E., M.D., F.R.C.P.C. (Anesthesiology), attended medical school in Calgary before completing his fellowship training in Anesthesia at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL.
While he has worked at more than 10 different hospitals and surgical facilities in 3 different provinces in Canada as well as abroad, Dr. Calvert has called the Okanagan home since 2006.
Professionally he enjoys all facets of his specialty, from Pediatric Anesthesia to Vascular Anesthesia and Critical Care, but his greatest interests have always been Ambulatory Anesthesia / Sedation and medical volunteering - he went to Haiti in February 2018 with Team Broken Earth.
When not at work, Tigger enjoys spending time with his children, usually on an adventure in the great outdoors.
Dr. Sheldon D. Barkman
Dr. Sheldon D. Barkman is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan Dental college class of 2003. He has recently sold his dental practice in Saskatoon and relocated his family to Lake Country to pursue an outdoor lifestyle with his wife and three children ages 14, 12 and 9.
Dr. Barkman was born in British Columbia. Upon graduating from secondary school he completed a diploma of Dental Therapy in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. After spending 18 months in the Northwest Territories he returned to B.C continuing to work as a Dental Therapist for several years. Dr. Barkman then returned to Saskatchewan with his wife Trudy to begin studies at the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Barkman’s goal as a dentist is to provide exceptional dental services while being sensitive to patient’s needs. His experience in Dental Therapy has provided extensive work in pediatrics. Areas of continuing study are implant surgery, endodontics and orthodontics.
Sedation Care#200, 2917 28th Avenue | Vernon, B.C., VIT 8LI
Phone: 250-545-9057 | Fax: 250-545-9157
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Vernon, B.C. VIT 8LI
Phone: 250-545-9057
Fax: 250-545-9157
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Referring Doctors | Contact Us
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