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● Registered Clinical Dental Technician (CDT)

Meet Éanna Callanan

A Galway man, trained in both the clinical and laboratory side of denture work, back home after four years in Australia — and now making and fitting dentures for adults in his own Galway lab.

The bright, modern dental lab and clinic interior in Galway

The story

From a Galway bench to Australia and back

Éanna grew up in Galway and trained as a dental technician, learning the craft of building dentures by hand before going on to qualify on the clinical side as a Clinical Dental Technician.

He spent four years working in Australia, where the denturist profession is well established. Among that work he scanned and fitted custom mouthguards for Australian rugby players — high-stakes, precise appliance work where fit has to be right first time. It sharpened both his hands and his eye.

He has since come home to Galway to do the work he cares about most: making removable dentures for adults, properly, with the person who assesses you being the same person who builds and fits the result.

In the lab

Real work, real place

No stock photos. Everything you see here will be Éanna and his actual Galway lab — added as the real images are taken.

Close macro of a denturist's hands using a fine tool on a denture at the bench
Extreme close-up of a denture in progress being worked with a fine tool
The bright, modern Galway dental lab and clinic space

Credentials

The proof

Éanna is a Registered Clinical Dental Technician (CDT) with clinical and laboratory denture training. That means he can make and fit removable dentures for adults within Dental Council scope, and can fabricate dental appliances through appropriate prescription pathways. Dental Council of Ireland registration no. [to be supplied].

Read the official context for the CDT title on the what is a CDT page, or the plain-English scope on the denturist in Galway page.

How he works

Four things you can expect

Direct

One professional from assessment to fitting. You deal with the person who actually makes your denture — not a chain of hand-offs.

Careful

An unhurried, calm process. Time taken on the fit and the bite, and adjustments made until it's right.

Clear pricing

Guide prices published up-front and a written estimate before any work begins. No surprises.

Refers where needed

If something falls to a dentist — natural teeth, gums, diagnosis — Éanna says so and refers you, rather than working outside his scope.

Also from Éanna

Setanta GumShields

Drawing on his mouthguard work in Australia, Éanna also makes custom sports mouthguards in Galway under the Setanta GumShields name — for adult players, and for junior teams through dentist-led scan and prescription pathways.

Visit Setanta GumShields ↗

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