Meet the team

Claire qualified from Glasgow Dental School in 1994 she then undertook further postgraduate training in subjects such as Oral Surgery, Emergency Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry, Oral Medicine, Restorative dentistry and Periodontology during her various house officer jobs in Cardiff, Bristol, Liverpool, Dublin and Brisbane Australia. She decided to specialise in Orthodontics in 2000. She qualified from Glasgow University Dental Hospital and School in 2003. She then returned to Dublin where she worked in the HSE Orthodontic Unit in James for 10 years before setting up into full time private practice at the College Gate Dental Clinic, which she bought in 2015.

When she is not busying herself with creating dream smiles/managing a busy practice she enjoys Yoga which she teaches to friends and neighbours', she became a qualified yoga instructor in 2020. She cycles to work and is a big advocate of anything green including the beautiful garden at the practice.

Aslam qualified as a dentist from the prestigious Trinity College Dublin in 2014 obtaining his Bachelor of Dental Surgery Degree with Honours. He was appointed as a house surgeon straight after graduating at the Dublin Dental University Hospital. He then gained his postgraduate dental fellowships from 2 Royal Colleges of surgeons in England and Ireland in 2015.

He then moved to the UK to embark on an 8-year journey to complete his higher speciality training. Aslam completed his dental core training in oral and maxillofacial surgery, working in Mid-Essex University Hospitals and Nottingham University Hospitals.

He went on to complete a three-year full-time specialist orthodontic training program in London at the world-renowned Eastman Dental Institute (University College London). During this period, he obtained a Master of Clinical Dentistry degree in Orthodontics from the University College London achieving a distinction for his research thesis and subsequently went on to complete his Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Aslam then went on to do his higher consultancy training at the world-renowned Royal London Hospital and East Kent University Hospitals. He successfully completed his Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in 2022 and was awarded Fellowship of Dental Surgery.

Aslam was appointed as a Consultant in the HSE recently and he maintains private practice commitments in a number of practices in Dublin and London. He has always been actively involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. Aslam is an active researcher; he has keen interest in carrying out research and has published widely in peer reviewed journals. He has presented widely in national and international conferences and meetings. He has particular interest in treating complex malocclusions such as orthognathic (jaw) surgery and multidisciplinary type cases.

He is currently a member of the British Orthodontic Society and the Orthodontic Society of Ireland and is a past secretary of the British Orthodontic Society’s Training Grades Group.

Paulina was born in Moldova, which is a small country between Ukraine and Romania. She studied dentistry in Romania and was educated at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Romania from 2011 to 2017. She then specialised in Orthodontics at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania from 2018 to 2021.

Paulina works with Dr O'Sullivan one day a week.

In her spare time she enjoys cycling and yoga and visiting her friends and family in different countries.

Laura is from Latvia and grew up near Riga. She trained as a Hygienist and is a registered one. She worked with an Orthodontist in Latvia providing Orthodontic Therapy and Hygiene in this clinic which is the biggest provider of Invisalign in the Baltic's she learned her precision for detail. She came to Ireland with her fiance looking for work in 2020. Laura works under the Orthodontist's direction and has a fine eye for detail. She is a great lover of the outdoors and nature and enjoys exploring Wicklow and beyond with her partner on her days off.