Avinash PatelHere’s the key graphic as discussed in my lecture for Colgate. Click the image to view full size.
Ben AtkinsDental training in the UK, and the monitoring of dental treatments is the best in the world. Making sure patients are safe, missing...
Here’s the key graphic as discussed in my lecture for Colgate. Click the image to view full size.
Dental training in the UK, and the monitoring of dental treatments is the best in the world. Making sure patients are safe, missing...
I’m Ben Atkins, and this is my website.
Why would a dentist have his own, personal website? Two reasons, really. Firstly, I think patients should know more about the person they trust to look after their teeth. Secondly, I’ve often been asked by people, in both healthcare and the media for my opinions on dentistry and related subjects.
So whether or not you fall into either of those categories, this site has been designed to help you find out all you want to know.
These are my current thoughts, personal musings and concern things that have interested me or happened to me.
Blogs are funny things. Everyone starts them with the best intentions, but the truth is I don’t have anyone writing this except me – so apologies if it’s some time between postings, I’ll have been busy!
As well as being a dentist in Manchester, I’m greatly involved in wider professional activities, not least as a Trustee of the Oral Health Foundation. This still leaves time for my family, my hobbies and passions – which I’ll share with you.
I hope you find the collection of topics interesting, informative and occasionally amusing …and if you have anything you’d like to hear my views on, just email me at [email protected].
Lecture notes *Please follow me on instagram so I can support you with any patient communication, dental buisness tips I can send your way. Lecture notes: COVID Response Webinar MasterDoc [...]
Dental training in the UK, and the monitoring of dental treatments is the best in the world. Making sure patients are safe, missing out this monitoring puts patients lives at risk.
It’s National Smile Month! Did you know that a third of British people only brush their teeth once a day? And almost half of us have forgotten to clean our teeth altogether? Getting home late after [...]
I was delighted to present at the Dentistry Show at the NEC last month. I was presenting on the importance of behaviour change techniques to help younger patients and their parents adopt good brushing [...]
I marked the end of Dry January talking about acid attacks, particularly from Prosecco, causing dental erosion. The Mirro and the Sun both picked up the story. I have seen a dramatic increase in reflux [...]
Did you know you should wait an hour after eating before brushing your teeth? I’m always telling my patients to remember to brush their teeth twice a day but they’re sometimes surprised that [...]
Dangerous teeth whitening techniques have made the headlines yet again this week with the news that Amazon has withdrawn a DIY teeth whitening kit which has been found to contain sodium perborate. This [...]
I was honoured to be interviewed for the cover feature of this month’s edition of BDJ in Practice, which addresses ‘Behaviour change; failed, failing or fulfilled’. The article said, “Behaviours [...]
More than 80 people have been prosecuted for illegal teeth whitening in the last three years. I was glad to be asked for comments by BBC Radio Sussex to highlight the dental profession’s grave concerns [...]
I was recently asked by the Daily Mail to review some pastilles that claim to combat the effects of dry mouth from cancer treatment and reduce mouth sores. Patients on various medication such as for blood [...]
Ben Atkins
