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].
The Daily Mail featured an article this week on so-called ‘trendy’ methods of cleaning your teeth and I was very pleased to contribute. I’ve been asked about these other options many [...]
Many people are self-conscious about their smile and seek ways to improve it. Older patients in particular often ask me about ‘black triangles’, which have appeared at the base of their teeth. These [...]
Fluoride often comes in for some negative coverage in the media. Critics claim they have identified links between it and a whole raft of health issues. One result has been manufacturers coming up with [...]
Government figures just released show that hospital operations to remove children’s teeth owing to tooth decay have increased to nearly 43,000 per year. TV channels and newspapers picked up the story [...]
Oral Cancer is a killer. Make no mistake, it is every bit as lethal as all the other cancers that we contract. However, public awareness about mouth cancer is much lower than for other cancers. Every year, [...]
A busy week for dentists in the media, and great to see Andrea Downey at The Sun pick up on another aspect of being frightened of the dentist. In her article, she highlights this disturbing fact. About [...]
I believe that dentist phobia will eventually become a thing of the past. So it was sad to read this excellent article by Lucy Elkins for the Daily Mail Health Section. A young fashion model was traumatised [...]
Be Food Smart is a new Change4Life campaign launched this week, by Public Health England (PHE). According to PHE, Children consume half the daily recommended sugar intake before the morning school bell [...]
Throughout my career, I’ve been aware of hard to reach patient groups. In particular, I have tried to offer dental services to the homeless around Manchester. This month, BDJ In Practice Magazine [...]
So tomorrow sees the start of the annual Mouth Cancer Action Month. It is organised by the Oral Health Foundation, each November. The purpose is to raise awareness that cancer can occur in the mouth. [...]
Ben Atkins
