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].
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 [...]
Team GB surpassed every expectation at the Rio Olympics. We saw 67 sets of winning smiles on the rostrums, as the medals just kept coming. It was a fabulous few weeks. Because the time difference gave [...]
Crooked teeth can be a worry for everyone. But if you wore a brace when you were younger, you might expect that your teeth would stay straight as you get older. In the September 2016 edition of Woman [...]
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 [...]
As a print media dentist, I get asked to contribute a professional opinion to all manner of articles and features. These can range from oral hygiene to aesthetic dentistry and often cover current events [...]
Sounds unbelievable, doesn’t it? But this is the latest research finding from the York Health Economics Consortium and Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth. The simple act of chewing sugar [...]
BBC News website recently reported on research, published in the British Dental Journal, which looked at 130 people who all feared dental treatment. The research, which was carried out by King’s [...]
I’ve always been a rugby fan. I used to play a lot, starting at school, and really got hooked after my Dad showed me that famous Gareth Edwards try for the British Lions – one of sport’s all-time [...]
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 [...]
In October 2014, I was asked to contribute to a detailed feature article by Lisa Salmon, in the Northern Echo entitled “The Whole Tooth”. The feature concentrated on Children’s Oral Healthcare [...]
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