Dr. Brega Howley
Dentistry
Specialities
Locations
Galway Clinic
Dr. Brega Howley is a Galway native and qualified as a dentist from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in 2001. She completed her paediatric specialty training in Dallas, Texas in 2010. Dr. Howley worked as an Assistant Professor in the Paediatric Dentistry Department at Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, before returning home to set up a practice limited to paediatric dentistry in Galway.
Dr. Brega Howley qualified as a dentist from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in 2001. During her time in Trinity, she was awarded with the prestigious Trinity Scholarship. Following graduation, she worked a year as a house officer in the Dublin Dental Hospital. Dr. Howley attained her membership examinations from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2003. She completed her paediatric specialty training in Dallas, Texas in 2010.
Dr. Howley’s master’s research on Pulp Therapy has won 3 international awards including the Paul P Taylor Award in 2013. This award is given to the lead author of the most prestigious journal article in Paediatric Dentistry from the previous year. “Paediatric Dentistry is the official publication of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, the American Board of Paediatric Dentistry and the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Paediatric Dentistry. It is published bi-monthly and is internationally recognized as the leading journal in the area of paediatric dentistry.” Dr. Howley is now a peer reviewer for the journal of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, serving as an expert reviewer on Pulp Therapy. She has recently been elected as an editorial board member for the journal of Paediatric Dentistry.
Paediatric Specialty Training: From 2007-2010. Dr. Brega Howley completed her specialty training with a 3-year (full-time) Master’s programme in Paediatric Dentistry in Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas TX, where she also trained at Dallas Children’s Hospital and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. Her master’s research has won 3 international awards. Dr. Howley completed her board certification examinations in 2010 to become a Diplomate of the American Board of Paediatric Dentistry. She was presented with the Richard C. Pugh Achievement Award in Chicago in 2010 for qualifying in the top 3% of the USA in the written portion of this examination.
