Susan Nelson

Dr Susan Nelson MCGDent is lead dentist and implant dentist in private practice in Holywood, County Down. Graduating with Honours in 1993 from the University of Edinburgh, where she won the McGregor Gold Medal for the most distinguished dental graduate, she completed Vocational Training in Fife before joining the practice as an associate in 1994. A Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD), she is a member and former Deputy Chair of the Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee and a former Northern Ireland Representative of the Association of Dental Implantology. She was Portman Healthcare’s Regional Clinical Lead for Northern Ireland from 2020-25, and for Scotland from 2024-25.

She joined the FGDP in 1998, examined and sat on the core group for the Membership of the FGDP(UK) and Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF) qualifications for 16 years, and served as Director of the former Faculty’s Northern Ireland division. She was first elected to represent the region on the national FGDP Board in 2017, and following her re-election in 2020 chaired its Education and Qualifications Committee, was elected as a Vice Dean and was a contributor to the joint FGDP-CGDent guidance Implications of COVID-19 for the safe management of general dental practice.

She continued to represent Northern Ireland on the College Council when the FGDP transferred into CGDent in 2021. She also sat on the College’s Advisory Strategy Group, became a member of its Regional Funding Panel, served as Vice-Chair of its Careers and Training Committee, led the establishment of CGDent Northern Ireland and was a member of the working group which developed the College’s Mentoring in Implant Dentistry: Good Practice Guidelines.  She was re-elected to Council in 2023 and demitted in June 2026 after completing the maximum permitted nine years’ service.

Updated 2026