Oct. 29, 2019

Dr. Farida Saher | Top 40 Under 40 2019

Each year, Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 highlights Calgarians who are moving the city forward. These are the high achievers who are literally and figuratively building the Calgary of the future. Dr. Farida Saher treats the most vulnerable populations, including low-income children, refugees and patients with special needs. She has also participated in 10 international dental missions. Congratulations Dr. Saher to who was selected this year!

Dr. Farida Saher | Top 40 Under 40 2019 Avenue Magazine

Going to the dentist isn’t most kids’ idea of fun, but Dr. Farida Saher’s Southport office looks more like an indoor playground than a dentist’s office. A panoply of primary colours and bright, open spaces, the welcoming environment is designed to alleviate patient stress. Saher specializes in treating children who are very young, medically compromised, with extensive dental disease and extreme anxiety, as well people of any age with special needs like autism or Down’s syndrome. Over the past two years, her clinics have also seen an influx of refugees whose teeth are rampant with decay, infection and abscesses. Many of these patients can’t be safely treated in a traditional dental office and their treatment must be done under general anesthetic in a dental surgical suite. Saher’s Southport clinic is the only pediatric dental office in Alberta that has its own on-site surgical suite.