Sources of occupational stress in dentists

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Stress and burnout are considered by many to be an epidemic in dentistry, that has been shown to affect general dentists and oral surgeons more than other specialities, orthodontists less often, associates more than practice owners, with those in the 35-54 bracket most affected.

Are you experiencing or at risk of  stress, anxiety or burnout?

A relatively recent study from Australia, has collated sources and prevalence of occupational stresses affecting dentists. The paper can be found here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/adj.12323

And they have  identified the six most important causes of stress as

1.    Time and  scheduling pressures

2.    Professional concerns

3.    Patient / public perceptions of dentists

4.    Staffing problems

5.    Pressures associated with treating patients

6.    Business process stressors

How many of these stress factors are you currently experiencing?

Prevention is better than cure. If you are likely to experience any of these risk factors in your career, you can learn strategies that enable you to become resilient, so you don’t succumb  to the stresses and the physical mental emotional and financial toll of burn out.

If you are already suffering, help is at hand and you can triumphantly overcome it.

If you would like to learn how our practice development training and 1-2-1 coaching and mentoring can help you, call us on 07989 757 884 or e mail Jane@IODB.co.uk

Arrive with problems, leave with solutions

Eliminate stress anxiety and burnout with NLP
Find out more about how you can eliminate your stress anxiety and burnout using NLP. Our next worshop is running on Saturday 15th June. Click here for details

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 For now I would like to share with you a  simple and dramatic breathing technique that significantly reduces anxiety within 20 seconds.

Breathing deep diaphragmatic breaths, in through your nose and out through your mouth,

1.     Breathe in for the count of four

2.     Hold for the count of six

3.     Breathe out for the count of eight

Repeat a minimum of three times , ideally for 60 seconds.

Repeat as many times throughout the day as you find beneficial

Let me know the benifits you discover of usinging this breath control technique.

Jane