DrPaul O'Dwyer

I am a registered Dental Surgeon (IDC: 4797), working in Oral Surgery .and Practice Manager with Resident Oral Surgeon at Bon Secours (Limerick) - coupled with my ongoing teaching role as Adjunct Faculty (RCSI) role at Graduate School of Healthcare Management

 I am also completing research for my Doctorate at the School of Population Health (RCSI) - SPHeRE Programme – exploring non-verbal communication in the dental surgery.

I am National Group Advisor (ROI) for Portman Dentex (Ireland).

I am an acknowledged contributor to the National Oral Health Policy (2019)  - and Trustee of the Dental Health Foundation (2023-   ).

I have been elected Fellow of the PIerre Fauchard Academy (2007), elected Fellow of the American College of Dentists (USA)  (2022) and gained Fellowship of the College of General Dentistry (UK) (2025).

I have contributed to "Emotional Intelligence Dentistry" (Editor : Dr Mary Collins, 2025) - and have previously been a columnist with the Irish Times (Health Supplement) - with my own column - "Word of Mouth".