Dr PJ Byrne

About

Dr. P.J. Byrne graduated in Dentistry in 1982 from University College Cork. He held various hospital appointments 1982 – 1989 in Ireland and UK. In 1990 he completed his MSc at the Eastman Dental Institute in Periodontology which was awarded with distinction from the University of London. He was awarded the Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize by the British Society of Periodontology in 1990. In 1991, he was elected by examination F.D.S. Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and F.F.D. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He has been in referral practice in Dublin in Periodontology, Oral Surgery & Implant Dentistry, and lecturer in Periodontology at Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Trinity College since 1991 and Assistant Professor in Periodontology (Part-Time), Trinity College Dublin. He is Director of the Programme for Clinical Dental Photography since 1998. He was a locum Consultant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 1992 – 1998, President of the Irish Society of Periodontology from 1998 –2000. He was awarded an F.I.C.D. by the International College of Dentists in 2002 and elected a Fellow of The Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2008.  He was elected to the Board of the Faculty of Dentistry, RCSI in 1999 where he was Vice-Dean 2004-2006, and Dean 2007-2011. He was President of the Irish Dental Association 2016-2017. He lectures widely nationally and internationally. He has a particular interest in Risk Factors associated with Periodontal Disease and the Periodontal Systemic Interface.