Dr. Rudy Wassenaar
Dr. Rudy Wassenaar received his dental degree from the medical faculty of the University of Amsterdam in 1981. That year he started in private practice in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 1986 he passed the requirements of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, and subsequently he moved to Canada in 1987. He continued his career in private practice in Williams Lake, BC until current.
Dr. Wassenaar belongs to a number of professional organizations and study clubs to stay on top of his field and to satisfy his passion for the field of dentistry. Practicing in a remote rural area where specialist care is only marginally available, he has made a wider range of advanced procedures available to his patients to serve them better, only one of which being dental implants. As recognition for his affiliations with the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Dr. Wassenaar received a Fellowship Award ( 2000) and a Mastership Award (2007). He also holds a Fellowship Award from the International Academy of Dental-Facial Esthetics and as such has lectured on a variety of topics at some of their international meetings. Just recently (July 2025), Dr Wassenaar received the most prestigious acknowledgement of the AGD in the form of being awarded the life long learning and service recognition (LLSR). During the AGD’s existence (1952 to current) this was only awarded to 525 times out of an average of 40,000 members during this period.
Dr. Wassenaar is particularly recognized for his involvement with implant dentistry. Through his involvement with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) he has completed a number of credentialing programs which resulted in a Fellowship Award (2005), a Mastership Award (2009) and later culminated in receiving the Diplomate Award (2011) which is the highest level of recognition the ICOI offers. In 2014 Dr Wassenaar received the Diplomate designation through the ABOI. In 2016 Dr. Wassenaar received the Fellowship Award of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (FAAID).
In July 2025, Dr. Wassenaar received another Lifetime Achievement Award from the Global Summit Institute (GSI) and as such, was named amongst the top 100 doctors in dentistry globally for 2025.
For the past 2 years, Dr. Wassenaar has been an examiner for the AAID Fellowship accreditation program. He finds that rewarding and is pleased to serve in a position where he can encourage  other colleagues to follow their own path to excellence.
Outside of dentistry, Dr Wassenaar has received 2 citizenship awards from the city of Williams Lake, BC. One was because of making his office more accessible to the physically impaired, and the other because of his work in oral implantology. Connected to that, he received letter of recognition from the Canadian House of Commons (federal government), also  related to his work in the oral implantology field
Currently Dr. Wassenaar is heavily involved in implementing a digital workflow, which includes static and also dynamic navigation (X-Guide) as part of implant placement, facial scanning as another way of determining jaw relationship, one visit crown fabrication (Cerec) and 3D printing.
In his spare time Dr. Wassenaar enjoys his music as an accomplished pianist at a professional level. Language, travel, cooking and off-shore fishing are some of his other passions. Dr. Wassenaar, on occasion, has been observed going a little too fast on motorcycles, sports cars and pushing the limits while scuba diving. He raised 5 children who are all successful in their own right.
Dr. Wassenaar believes that choosing the profession of dentistry is one of the best decisions he has ever made because it contributes to the welfare of his patients, his friends and family. Serving his patients, and giving back to his profession by doing volunteer work, mentoring other dentists, is an important career goal as he is transitioning towards retirement over the next few years.
Dr. Kelvin Afra
Prosthodontist, Implant Dentist & Smile Architect
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Full‑mouth reconstructions (tooth‑ and implant‑supported)
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Cosmetic porcelain veneers
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Advanced crown and bridgework
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Implant overdentures and removable dentures
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Bite correction and occlusal therapy
