Here’s the key graphic as discussed in my lecture for Colgate. Click the image to view full size.
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].
What a brush! I had the great pleasure last week of appearing on Talk Sport to discuss the flossing furore. Little did I know that I would become party to the invention of a new toothbrush! Hosting the [...]
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. [...]
It’s been impossible to escape the EU referendum debate over recent weeks. So I suppose it was inevitable that the dental profession would be asked for its views. Last week, the Oral Health Foundation [...]
In the last month or so I’ve seen a wide range of articles about dentistry in print media. It may not be as exciting a topic as Euro 2016 or the EU Referendum, but oral healthcare affects us all. [...]
More dentists on TV last week as this fabulous new initiative was launched. It is driven by Wrigleys and supported by Cooperative Food and the Oral Health Foundation. Primary school pupils in Salford are [...]
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 [...]
Word of Mouth magazine is the official publication of the Oral Health Foundation. April 2016’s publication is full of information about National Smile Month. This year, it runs between May 16th and June [...]
I was invited onto Radio 5’s Breakfast Show, yesterday. We had a discussion about the dangers of a dentist using fake dental equipment. The first thing to say, is that any fake equipment is a danger [...]
Dentistry Show 2016 and ‘The Next Five Years In Dentistry’ The annual Dentistry Show is one of the Industry’s most important event and informative events. And the 2016 event, held on Friday [...]
Media friendly dentist! There are always hot topics in dentistry, and at the moment there is considerable focus on Teeth Whitening. When BBC Breakfast TV got involved, the call came in for a media [...]