Meet Our Team

BDentSc MFD FFD (OSOM) FFD (OS) RCSI DipConsSed (Newcastle)

SPECIALIST ORAL SURGEON

Dr. Niamh Boyle qualified from Trinity College Dublin in 2000 with 1st class Honours. She was awarded the Sheldon Friel Prize for achieving first place in the final dental examinations.

Niamh undertook her specialist training in Oral Surgery in the Cork University Dental School and Hospital and the Midwestern Regional Hospital in Limerick. 

She has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, working as a part-time lecturer in the Cork University Dental School and as a tutor in Oral Surgery at Queen’s University Dental School in Belfast.

Postgraduate examination qualifications:

• Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland : MFD 
• Fellowship in Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: FFD(OSOM)
• Diploma in  Conscious Sedation from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: DipConsSed
• Fellowship in Oral Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland :FFD(OS) 

Dr Boyle is particularly interested in the management of anxious dental patients and completed an 18-month postgraduate training programme in Conscious Sedation at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 2008. She was awarded the Diploma in Conscious Sedation from the University.

Dr Boyle is a registered Specialist in Oral Surgery with the Irish Dental Council. Registration number : 17 DS 11. 

Her practice is limited to Oral Surgery, Implant Dentistry and Conscious Sedation and she is the only Specialist Oral Surgeon working full-time in Sligo.

Treatment can be provided under local anaesthesia,  local anaesthesia and intravenous sedation or general anaesthetic. Dr Boyle  has  admission rights for treatment of patients under general anaesthesia in Kingsbridge Hospital ( formerly St Joseph’s Hospital ) in Sligo. 

Treatments provided:

• Removal of impacted wisdom teeth
• Orthodontic surgery- exposure /removal of impacted canine teeth prior to orthodontic treatment
• Surgical removal of broken teeth/ retained roots
• Apicectomy of root filled teeth
• Biopsy of oral soft tissue swellings
• Surgical placement of dental implants
• Intravenous sedation

Dr Boyle is a fully participating consultant with VHI, Aviva, Laya, GLO Health, Garda Medical Aid, ESB Health fund.