Orthodontist: B.Dent.SC, (Trinity College Dublin), MSD (Univ of Washington).

Dr Tom Houlihan graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1988. After 20 yrs in general practice, in 2008 he went to Seattle, Washington, USA where he completed his specialist training in Orthodontics at the University of Washington, obtaining his MSD in 2011.

Tom joined the Burlington Dental Clinic group on his return from the USA and has established his Specialist Orthodontic practice at their facility in the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin. He operates at The Hermitage Medical Clinic and Burlington Road in Ballsbridge.

Tom’s interest lies in child, adolescent and adult orthodontics.  His general practice experience gives him a unique insight into the interaction of orthodontics and general practice/restorative practice.  He continues to maintain strong links with his colleagues in the USA in order to offer the highest standard of orthodontic treatments to his patients.

He is a member of the Orthodontic Society of Ireland, the American Association of Orthodontics and the Irish Dental Association.

Tom has also, in the past, been active in the Irish Dental Association serving on various committees including the IDA council. He served as Chairman of the General Practitioners Group. He also spent several years as an adjunct faculty member at the Dublin Dental Hospital. He married to Catherine with three young children.