Obtaininghis DMD degree from the faculty of dentistry at the University of BritishColumbia. After working a short time in northern British Columbia, he wasselected to complete a multi-disciplinary hospital residency at the MontrealGeneral Hospital through McGill University. This residency provided him withadvanced training in all the specialties of dentistry including oral surgery,anesthesia, and treatment of medically compromised patients. Dr. Dever thenmoved to Austin, Texas, working first as an associate dentist while holdingstaff positions at the Ottawa Civic and Queensway Carleton Hospitals. Whilethere, he chaired the startup of a hospital based geriatric specialty clinicand owned his own practice.