Alpen Dental

Originally from Winnipeg, Dr. Dolynchuk was drawn to care-taking at a young age and knew that he wanted to be a health care provider when he got older. Apparently, this was something that ran in the family. His older brother became a physician and encouraged Dr. D to pursue his ambitions. Dr. Dolynchuk moved to Alberta 3 days after his High School graduation and got a job on an oil rig, planning on staying for a year to pay for school. The life of an oil rigger was too much fun, though, and he had fallen in love with the incredible Albertan landscape. Five years past and Dr. D had earned enough money to pay for all of his school bills. Originally planning on becoming a facial surgeon specialist, he eventually found dentistry and discovered it was really his passion. He graduated in 1995 from the University of Alberta. Drawn south to the foothills, Dr. Dolynchuk made his home in Red Deer. He is enthusiastic about Alpen Dental and the team he has assembled here.

We would like to introduce Dr. Jeff Cook who is originally from southern Ontario. He wasn’t familiar with the central Alberta area, but chose Blackfalds for its “small town feel” with the advantages of larger cities nearby. Both he and his wife have family in Alberta. From a clinical standpoint, he has placed implants, and used the cone beam technology in dental school for planning root canals, assessing TMJ issues for patients and diagnosing cracked teeth. At dental school he was responsible for day to day care of patients utilizing this technology. He has continued to use these systems at Alpen, which will enable him to provide optimal care to his local patients. Both he and his wife have an athletic background. Sarah was a university scholarship hockey player, and in fact played for the Australia team. Jeff completed his university education in Arizona, where his physical pursuits became competitive weight lifting, football and mountain bike racing. Both he and Sarah plan on competing in mountain biking and half marathons.

General Dentist Dr. Ryan Eom has joined us from Saskatoon, Sk.. As a new grad he has been exposed to the very latest in general dentistry, and been trained on many techniques that may not have been commonplace just a dozen years ago. He chose general dentistry for variety, although his passion for the surgical component he will develop at Alpen. He is a weightlifter and soccer player looking for a league for pickup games. Rounding his interests is his love for cooking! To date, he is enjoying the central Alberta welcome from our patients and his new neighbors alike