The countdown is on!

The countdown is well and truly on for the inaugural Irish Dentistry Awards, which take place next Wednesday, 25 January.

Dublin’s Round Room at the Mansion House will host the event, welcoming the cream best of the Irish dental profession through its doors. The Irish Dentist Awards recognise the very best that the country’s dental profession has to offer.

By splitting the country up into regions, they pay respect to the leading clinicians, teams and practices working for the good of patients all over Ireland.

Here, we present the shortlisted entries competing at next week’s ceremony:

Best new practice
Blue Poppy Dental Practice
Cranmore Dental & Implant Clinic
Railway Dental Surgery
Woodquay Dental
Woodstown Dental Centre
Zen Orthodontics

Most attractive practice
Church Road Dental Care
DMcC Orthodontics
Dunmurry Dental Practice
Foyle Dental Spa
Redmond Molloy
Seapoint Clinic
Woodstown Dental Centre

Best dental team
Belmore Dental Clinic
Church Road Dental Care
Flynns Dental Care
Northern Cross Dental
Portobello Dental Clinic
Seapoint Clinic
Wellington Quay Dental Centre

Best patient care
Blueapple Dental & Implant Team
Blue Poppy Dental Practice
Church Road Dental Care
Eyre Square Dental Clinic
DMcC Orthodontics
Flynns Dental Care
Northern Cross Dental
Pembroke Dental
Portobello Dental Clinic
Seapoint Clinic
Wellington Quay Dental Centre

Best specialist practice
Blueapple Dental & Implant Team
Cranmore Dental & Implant Clinic
DMcC Orthodontics
Northern Cross Dental

Best community or charity project
Belmore Dental Clinic
Blueapple Dental & Implant Team
Browne Orthodontics
Pembroke Dental

Best marketing
Absolute Dental Care
Blueapple Dental & Implant Team
Bray Dental
Dunmurry Dental Practice
Gate Dental Clinic
Redmond Molloy
Wellington Quay Dental Centre

Best employer
Belmore Dental Clinic – Dr Sinead McEnhill
Blue Poppy Dental Practice – Siobhan Murray
Flynns Dental Care – Hannah Flynn
Northern Cross Dental – Kieran Daly & Declan Furlong
Pembroke Dental – Brenda Barrett
Seapoint Clinic
Woodquay Dental – Lisa Creaven

Best dental laboratory
Southern Cross Dental Laboratories Ltd
Dental Tech Dental Lab

Best website
Blessington Dental Surgery
Gate Dental Clinic
Northern Cross Dental
Pearls Dental Clinics
Portobello Dental Clinic
Ratoath Dental Centre
Seapoint Clinic
Wellington Quay Dental Centre
Woodquay Dental

Outstanding individual of the year
Dunmurry Dental Practice – Philip McLorinan
Foyle Dental Spa – Victoria Kelly
Seapoint Clinic – Nicky Mahon

Practice of the year – Northern Ireland
Bachelors Walk Dental
Belmore Dental Clinic
Blueapple Dental & Implant Team
Church Road Dental Care
Cranmore Dental & Implant Clinic
Dunmurry Dental Practice

Practice of the year – Republic of Ireland West
Eyre Square Dental Clinic
Gate Dental Clinic
Woodquay Dental

Practice of the year – Republic of Ireland East
Pembroke Dental
Ratoath Dental Centre

Practice of the year – Dublin
Portobello Dental Clinic
Seapoint Clinic
Woodstown Dental Centre

Practice of the year – Republic of Ireland South
Absolute Dental Care
Flynns Dental Care