Meet the Team

Max Palmer

Denturist, Owner of Burnham Denture Clinic

Max graduated from the NAIT Denturist Technology Program with honors. Throughout his adult years, he has acquired a variety of business, social and creative experiences that have helped prepare him to enter the denturist profession. Max enjoys fostering strong relationships with his patients. He does this by listening to their concerns, helping them understand what options are available to resolve their concerns and proceeding when the patient is happy and comfortable with the proposed course of denture treatment. Max has been happily married for over 20 years and spends most of his free time with his wife and daughter. He is also actively engaged in his church congregation and appreciates opportunities to help others in need. Hobbies include building and renovation projects, learning about new technology and loves reading comic books!

John Burnham

Denturist, DD

John was raised in a dental family. His father Dr. K. A. Burnham practiced dentistry in the Bonnie Doon area for 48 years. Even though John's mother was a licensed nurse, she worked with her husband as a dental assistant as he started his new practice. When John was an in his teens he started working in the Denture Lab at his father’s dental clinic. It was during this experience that he felt that he wanted to pursue a career in the dental field. John attended the University of Alberta to pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree taking courses he would need to advance into the Dentistry Program. While a student in University he was introduced to the Denturist Profession by a friend. After a thorough investigation, John enrolled in the NAIT Denturist Program while he was finishing up his Bachelor of Science Degree. In 1981 he graduated from both the University of Alberta and NAIT. The graduations were 3 days apart. He graduated with honors in the Denturist Program. After graduation, John started his practice while working with his father. He continued to operate his practice out of his father’s clinic for 17 years. When his father retired John opened Burnham Denture Clinic across the street. Burnham Denture Clinic is at that same location today. John is the father of 5 children, two of which continue the family dental tradition (a Dentist/Prosthodontist and a Dental Hygienist. He is the proud grandpa to 10 grandchildren. When he isn't working, he and his wife are usually visiting them. John loves being a Denturist and very much enjoys working with the great staff he works with and his associations with his patients whom he considers to be family too. His plans are to continue working for many years to come. John loves the Denturist profession. He enjoys the people he works with working with and providing quality denture care to patients. Many of the patients he has cared for over the years are like family. And, 39 years later, he continues to be enthusiastic and optimistic about what he does!

Bernie Cadrin

Denturist, DD

Bernie graduated from the NAIT Denturist Program in 1977. After working in various locations he opened Cadrin Denture Clinic in 1983, located on the west side of Millcreek Ravine on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton. In 2018 Cadrin Denture Clinic merged with Burnham Denture Clinic and we were pleased to welcome Bernie as an important part of our team and his patients to the Burnham Denture Clinic Family. Bernie was raised in a large family (15 children) in the French community of Therien, Alberta. He speaks fluently in both French and English. Since Burnham Denture Clinic is located in the French Quarter in the Bonnie Doon area, he is able to provide Denture Treatments to the French-speaking community. He also provides mobile out of office denture treatment services to those who are unable to visit the clinic. Bernie and his wife (a nurse) are proud parents to 4 children who are all in the healthcare professions (3 daughters are nurses and his son is a medical doctor). He recently became a grandfather for the 6th time. Bernie is a very caring and competent professional and his patients love him.

Rob Stewart

Denturist, DD

Rob graduated from the NAIT Denturist Technology Program with honors in 2021. He completed his Denture practicum at ProCare Denture Clinic and Burnham Denture Clinic and is excited to join the team. Prior to being a denturist, Rob worked in the HVAC industry but made the decision to try something new and went back to school. He enjoys his patient relationships and values offering professional and personal care. Rob was raised on a 100-acre farm in Southern Ontario and is the youngest of 6 siblings. On a visit to Edmonton in Summer 2014, he met his wife and they were married a year later. They enjoy playing board games, traveling, spending time with their dog, Leo, and working on home projects together. In his spare time, he enjoys singing and playing guitar. (He has produced a wonderful Christmas CD too!) Last summer, they refinished a canoe and enjoyed canoeing in the mountains and try to escape to the wilderness as much as possible.

Pam Zylik

Patient Coordinator/Receptionist

Pam completed a Bachelor of Science in 2015 and is a self-proclaimed science nerd who loves to learn. She grew up with horses and dogs and has a soft spot for all kinds of animals. She is also an enthusiastic genealogist and spends most of her free time researching her family tree. Pam enjoys traveling, especially road trips - thanks to her dad's "white line fever" on family vacations, which took them from Calgary all over western Canada, parts of the US, and Toronto. Pam has also traveled to Mexico, Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska. One year while she was in university enjoying long summer vacations, she spent six weeks on the road driving from Calgary to Toronto, on to Boston, and then all the way back west to Seattle and Vancouver. She loved every moment of it. Nearly every day of the trip was seeing new places and enjoying all the beauty along the way. Pam grew up in Calgary, lived in Vancouver for a few years, and has been in Edmonton since 2015. Pam joined the Burnham Denture Clinic family in 2016. She looks forward to coming to work every day and really enjoys working with patients. There's always something interesting going on and there are lots of great stories to hear from our staff and patients!

Max Palmer

John Burnham

Bernie Cadrin

Rob Stewart

Pam Zylik

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