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...
I was delighted to present at the Dentistry Show at the NEC last month. I was presenting on the importance of behaviour change techniques...
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 me@drbenatkins.co.uk.
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 [...]
Footballers teeth! I recently started playing ‘Dad’s football’, trying to recapture my youth and lose a bit of weight. Note to self: when your Apple watch says you’ve used 500 calories playing, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
In the December 2015 edition of the British Dental Journal, News Editor David Westgarth interviewed me about the role that the media can play in supporting Dentists’ communications with their patients. [...]
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 [...]
What is it about the media and dentists? Let me put it this way: when was the last time you saw a film or TV programme featuring a kind, caring, sensitive normal dentist? How about Ricky Gervais in Ghost [...]
It’s always good when the BBC runs stories about the health of children’s teeth and particularly so when the story features on their main evening news broadcast at 6 pm. In this case, the catalyst [...]
I recently took part in a piece of research by Chloe Lambert for the Daily Mail (Mail Online Health) entitled “Do doctors practice what they preach? From the dentist with ten fillings to the dermatologist [...]
Ben Atkins
Ben Atkins
