Dr. Arnold Watkin
DDS, MScD
Faculty, Prosthodontist
Education
Dr. Arnold Watkin earned his General Dentistry degree in 1969 from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. After working in private practice in London, England, he entered the two-year post-graduate program in prosthodontics at Boston University in 1970. Concurrently he obtained his prosthodontic training and master’s degree, while also holding the position of Assistant Clinical Professor in Prosthodontics until 1981.
​
​
Private Practice
Since 1981, Dr. Watkin has owned and managed two multi-specialty dental practices – in Boston and in Fitchburg, MA. He is currently focusing his full-time efforts at the Fitchburg facility. In 1991, Dr. Watkin established the first Dental Hygiene School in the Slovak Republic. He has lectured in the areas of crown & bridge, esthetic dentistry, and implantology both nationally and internationally. In 1996, he established the Dental Educational Institute, which offers continuing education to dentists and dental hygienists in New England. He currently serves as chairman of the institute.
Memberships
Dr. Watkin is an active member of the American Dental Association and the Massachusetts Dental Society.