Our Team
Dr Derek J Maguire
BDS QUB 1987
FDS RCPS(Glas) FFGDP(UK) RCSEng
FDTFEd RCSEd FICD
GDC No 62393
To provide for our patients with any form of disability we have two downstairs surgeries.
BDS QUB 1987
FDS RCPS(Glas) FFGDP(UK) RCSEng
FDTFEd RCSEd FICD
GDC No 62393
Derek qualified as a dentist in July 1987 from Queen’s University Belfast and two years later acquired
the practice in Bridge St, Portadown.
Over the following 30 years, he has grown the practice from 2 dental chairs to 11, and now has over
19,000 registered NHS patients – making it the largest General Dental Practice in Northern Ireland.
In recent years, Derek is non-clinical and spends his time in a variety of roles, including: as a part-
time Dental Adviser with the Health and Social Care Board, Non-Executive Member of the Northern
Ireland Medical and Dental training Agency (NIMDTA) Board, as well as acting in the role of CEO for
his Dental Group which now consists of 11 practices across Northern Ireland.
He holds Fellowship to the Faculty of Dental Surgery with the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Glasgow, Fellowship to the Faculty of General Dental Practice with the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, and Fellowship to the Faculty of Dental Trainers with the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Further, alongside his son Leonard, has been awarded Fellowship to the International College of
Dentists.
He has been married to his wife Muriel for over 30 years and has 4 adult children and in recent times
two grandchildren, Sophia and Leo.
