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].
So what is the link between oral healthcare and your heart? Is there even one? Yes! Bacteria linking oral healthcare and your heart Because there are harmful bacteria that you can find within a dental [...]
It’s not often that I feel the need to speak out about a specific new product launch, but dentists are concerned about Lush Bath Bombs for the Mouth. So much so that the Oral Health Foundation has [...]
All of a sudden, flossing became the hot topic of the week! It started when the Daily Mail published an article . The article suggested research had show that flossing provided no benefit to oral healthcare. [...]
There is a great oral healthcare initiative travelling around first class cricket venues, called Boundaries for Life. First of all, it gives fans, over the age of 35, the chance to undergo a free health [...]
Media dentist talks to BBC Radio Manchester about Children’s Tooth Decay BBC Radio Manchester asked me to do a short interview last week. I was responding to a report that 1000 children in the Greater [...]
Fluoride. It’s always been a controversial subject. As a dentist, it’s one of the questions I’m asked most. “Do you think it’s right to have it in drinking water?” Well, as it happens I do. [...]
Aaah, the new school year! As a parent, I know how stressful it can be…and as a dentist, around this time of year I often get asked what I think about school dinners. The fact is, the quality and choice [...]
Last week I was delighted to be asked for my thoughts about sugary breakfast cereals and their threat to our children’s dental health. The request came from the British Dental Health Foundation and the [...]
In the Autumn of 2014, a campaign was launched by the British Dental Health Foundation, to raise awareness of mouth cancer. Under the hashtag #bluelipselfie social media users were encouraged to take [...]
In connection with the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme, along with my colleague Professor Liz Kay, I presented a workshop for aspiring dental students at the BDA Conference in April 2014. You can [...]
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