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Ben Atkins discusses the importance of effective toothbrushing and teaching patients to prioritise it. National Smile Month 2023 is all about raising awareness of the importance of effective tooth cleaning. The theme for this year’s campaign is: ‘Brush for better health’. As dental professionals, we know just how important it is to have a good…
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National Smile Month is a great time to raise funds and awareness – Ben Atkins explains how to get started. Fundraising can seem like a very daunting endeavour, but it can be incredibly fun and have a tremendous impact on how much people understand about looking after their oral health. If you are looking for…
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Ben Atkins discusses how to build tooth whitening within a practice and to ensure patients return on a regular basis. As a business owner of eleven dental practices, it was important to maintain high standards and deliver the best care possible for my patients. So I decided to create a system that demarcates the tooth…
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They say you can’t properly understand another person’s experiences until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Ben Atkins has taken that to heart and recently sat in the guided biofilm therapy (GBT) hot seat to make sure he understands what it is like from both sides of the dental journey. How do you…
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The pandemic has only highlighted the wide disparity between rich and poor in the UK, says Ben Atkins. Oral health shouldn’t be a postcode lottery. Dental decay is entirely preventable and yet it remains the most common chronic disease worldwide, with high prevalence across multiple areas of the UK. Regional variation, underpinned by socioeconomic factors,…
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A conversation about oral health is now more important than ever following the COVID-19 pandemic, Ben Atkins argues. Oral health shouldn’t be a postcode lottery. Dental decay is entirely preventable. Yet it remains the most common chronic disease worldwide, with high prevalence across multiple areas of the UK. Regional variation, underpinned by socio-economic factors, has…
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Ben Atkins introduces us to beekeeping, what it involves and how a white flowery bap with salty butter is one of his true pleasures in life. Please introduce yourself I studied dentistry at Sheffield University, qualifying in 1998. After that, I spent some time at Karolinska Dental Hospital, renowned for its restorative work. This is…
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Ben Atkins explains how his practice got involved with hard-to-reach patients and offers advice to those looking to run a homeless dental service. Rates of dental decay have improved over the past 40 years but high levels of decay still remain in certain cohorts of the community. Individuals who fall under the umbrella of ‘hard-to-reach’,…
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To celebrate 25 years of Dentistry magazine, we’ve asked leading dental professionals for their game-changing innovation that shaped their career. In this article we asked Ben Atkins what his game-changing product is. Ben Atkins studied dentistry at Sheffield University, qualifying in 1998. After that he spent some time at Karolinska Dental Hospital, renowned for its restorative…
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Dr Ben Atkins, owner and clinical director of Revive Dental Care, relates how he came to the decision to review and standardise the endodontic offering across his practice group. Why one way is the best way In a practice with 12 associate dentists, there are many different approaches and techniques to contend with. Each dentist…
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Dr Ben Atkins, owner and clinical director of Revive Dental Care, relates how he came to the decision to review and standardise the endodontic offering across his practice group. The root of the problem I am an advocate of prevention rather than cure. I work with patients to help them to understand their mouths, and…
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Ben Atkins owns and runs three predominantly NHS practices, accounting for 45 staff including 13 dentists, who service the needs of 23,000 patients in Salford. Ben reflects on how Exact V11 has introduced some ‘outstanding’ innovations that have helped generate higher performance levels at all three of his practices. ‘The area where I have found Exact to…
