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5th Year DDUH undergraduate dental student Charlee Holden was the winner of the Irish Endodontic Society Undergraduate Essay Prize for 2024-25.

Due to the weather reports and the government recommendations of the red status warning for storm Éowyn the DDUH will be closed on January 24th 2025.

The Department of Restorative Dentistry & Periodontology at the Dublin Dental University Hospital (Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, D02 F859) will provide a two-day update course in preparation for the Irish Dental Council’s Statutory Examination Bench Test.

The Health Research Board has published their annual Health Research in Action publication, showcasing successful HRB funded research. This year’s publication features a section on oral microbiome research carried out in DDUH on patients with potentially malignant disease, led by Profs Gary Moran and Claire Healy: https://www.hrb.ie/publication/health-research-in-action/

Trinity College School of Dental Science is inviting applications to the Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy, to commence on Monday, 25th of August 2025 for a 12-month full-time course.

This year, in 2024, we are delighted to be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the National Dental Nurse Training Programme of Ireland (NDNTP) that was established jointly in 2004 by Cork University Dental School and Hospital (CUDSH) and the Dublin Dental University Hospital (DDUH).

Update

The hospital is closed from Tuesday 24 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive for routine services.

The biennial scientific conference of the International Society for Disability and Oral Health was held in Seoul, Korea in September bringing together a global community of clinicians, educators, academics and advocates from all areas of Health and Social Care. There was a large delegation from Ireland present and the Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health successfully won the bid to hold IADH2026 in two years time at Trinity College Dublin. Professor Alison Dougall was awarded honorary life membership of iADH in her absence and this will be bestowed at iADHDublin 2026.