Prof. Benjamin T.K. Tan is a leading Singapore Dental Specialist in Periodontics with over 27 years of clinical experience. He specialises in provision of dental implants, treatment of advanced gum disease, bad breath and periodontal cosmetic surgery.

Prof. Tan’s philosophy is to always attempt to salvage natural teeth rather than extract them, and to use non-surgical and conservative treatment options whenever possible.

He is adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and teaches both undergraduates and post-graduates in Periodontics and Dental Implantology.

He was a member (2017-2022) of the Dental Specialist Accreditation Board of Singapore, which oversees the training and accreditation of dental specialists in Singapore. He was member (2007-2017) and Chairperson (2012-2017) of the Dental Specialist Accreditation Committee in Periodontology, the examination board that conducts the exit examinations of candidates undergoing training to qualify as a Specialist Periodontist in Singapore. He has been invited by the College of Dental Surgeons (Hong Kong) to be the External Examiner in Periodontology for their specialist qualifying examinations (2020, 2021, 2022).

He has served as Councillor of the Asian-Pacific Society of Periodontology (2014-2017); Chairperson of the Chapter of Periodontists, College of Dental Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Singapore (2009-2013); as well as President of the Society of Periodontology Singapore (2006 and 2007).

Prof. Tan is well regarded by his peers. He has been invited to lecture by national Periodontal societies and dental universities, including the Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology, International Congress of Oral Implantologist, Guangdong Medical Education Association, Japanese Society of Oral Implantology, Korean Academy of Periodontology, Hong Kong Society of Periodontology, Indian Society of Periodontology, The Indonesian Society of Periodontology, The Philippine Society of Periodontology, Malaysian Dental Association, Singapore Dental Association, University of Indonesia and Universitas Airlangga Indonesia.

Prof. Tan received his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from NUS in 1996. He received his Master of Science and Master of Clinical Dentistry (with distinction) in Periodontology at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London in 2000. At UCL, he trained under the renown Professor Maurizio Tonetti.

His original research papers, published in the Journal of Periodontology and Journal of Clinical Periodontology, established the presence of viable bacteria within supragingival calculus. They have been cited in the authoritative textbook of periodontology, Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology; as well as the high impact factor review journal, Periodontology 2000 (Teughels et al 2009, Jepsen et al 2010, Krishna & de Stefano 2016).