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...
BBC Breakfast became aware of the work we are doing providing oral healthcare for the homeless. My philosophy is that if groups of patients are hard to reach, we just make more of an effort!
In Manchester and Salford, my team at Revive Dental Care have worked under the radar with these groups.
At the outset, we worked alongside GP practices in Ancoats, Manchester to engage their hard to reach patients. We started to visit Homeless drop-in centres and encourage the people who were there to have a dental check-up too. We began to understand the chaotic lifestyle of homeless people, who may be experiencing massive problems
with drug and alcohol dependency as well as complex mental and physical health issues. We realised that a successful
outreach programme needs to be adaptable, accommodating and informal.
After spending a day with us, this is the feature that BBC Breakfast broadcast
