About Us

Born in Parma, Italy, Dr. Ahmed Ballo has spent the last fifteen years, study, working, and travelling between continents. Dr. Ballo is a Board Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics and serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Ballo, a surgically trained prosthodontist, earned his specialist training, MSc and Diploma in Prosthodontics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

He obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree in 2002, followed by one year of internship at Garyounis University. After several successful years in private practice, he moved to Finland to pursue further postgraduate education. He received a PhD degree as well as clinical training in implantology as a scholar of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) in 2008 at the University of Turku, Finland. He subsequently became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden from 2008-2012.

In 2012, he moved to Vancouver and became a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UBC Faculty of Dentistry. In recognition of his excellent and contribution to UBC undergraduate dental students’ education, he has received three consecutive teaching awards for the academic year 2014, 2015, and 2016, an exceptionally remarkable achievement given his short time at UBC.

Dr. Ballo is a fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) and a member of the Canadian Dental Association, British Columbia Society of Prosthodontics, British Columbia Dental Association, and American College of Prosthodontist. Dr. Ballo is the director of the Vancouver Digital ITI Study Club.

A widely published and internationally respected clinician and lecturer, Dr. Ballo’s main focus within clinical practice, teaching, and research is esthetic and implant dentistry as well as well as the implementation of cutting-edge digital technologies in complex implant oral rehabilitation.

Dr. Ballo has published more than 50 scientific papers, and book chapters, and authored a textbook in the field of implant dentistry and related research. His excellence has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards and honours, including Dr. Donald Brunette Award in Dentistry, Dr. S. Wah Leung Award, and European Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Doctoral Award (EDA).

Dr. Ruby Bhullar graduated from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Dentistry in 2007 where he obtained his Doctorate of Dental Medicine degree (DMD). Prior to that, his undergraduate training was in the field of Pharmacy also at UBC. Following graduation from dental school he has spent above 500 hours, over the course of several years, in advanced training related to implant dentistry and bone grafting.

This training has taken the form of didactic, academic, clinical, and hands-on case experience outside of that normally obtained in dental school. After a series of written and oral examinations in surgical and prosthetic implant dentistry, he obtained his Associate Fellowship from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AFAAID) in 2013.

Dr. Bhullar is also a member of the American Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and the American Academy of Clear Aligners (AACA) which provide a vast network of continuing educational courses on a regular basis to remain current with the modern practice of dentistry. Dr. Bhullar is an established Invisalign provider having treated hundreds of cases that would have normally required metal braces.

He has extensive experience in many forms of sedation, including Oral Sedation, Nitrous Oxide Sedation, and IV Sedation, to allow those highly anxious patients who would otherwise be unable to undergo treatment to do so in a relaxed atmosphere. It is also very helpful for more routine procedures such as wisdom tooth removal.

Staying current with modern technology is one of the pillars of his clinical practice. Dr. Bhullar regularly employs lasers, CT scans, and modern-day 3D digital scanners in the quest for the ultimate patient outcomes. He enjoys all aspects of dentistry, but the most notable disciplines are orthodontics, cosmetics, oral surgery, and implantology.

Dr. Bhullar is involved in many charitable organizations outside his work in the dental office. Notably, he is a co-founder of the Indo-Canadian Dental Association. In his leisure time, he plays ice hockey several nights a week with a team made up of university friends. Dr. Bhullar enjoys travelling and exploring the outdoors with his wife, two children, and their beloved German Shephard.