Dr. Mario Silva is a general dentist who has recently joined Granville Station Dental. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, in Denver, USA and the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, where he obtained his first DDS degree in 1995. Dr. Silva decided to leave Brazil after working as a dentist for 6 years, looking for a better quality of life abroad.

He moved to the USA where he worked as an extended duties dental assistant while waiting to continue his studies and validate his DDS degree. He was one of the graduates of the International Student Program for foreign dentists at the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Colorado in Denver, where he obtained his American DDS degree. In 2011 he successfully completed the boards of the Canadian Dental Association and Immigrated to Canada in 2012 where he has been working as a dentist since.

After spending 3 years in friendly Manitoba, he decided to move to beautiful Vancouver, BC where he can enjoy an outdoorsy lifestyle. Dr. Silva has 10 years experience as a general dentist and presents more than 300 hours of continuing education courses since his graduation in 2011. Besides Dentistry, he enjoys tennis, swimming and is an avid world traveler.!