Occupational stress among dental professionals

Stress at the work place was declared by the World Health Organization as a worldwide epidemic. The stress caused by work appears when the balance between one's own possibilities and the environment demands is disturbed, which leads to a poor mental state. The fact is that the majority of denti...

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Published inBalkan Journal of Dental Medicine Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 67 - 2021
Main Authors Pejčić, Nataša, Petrović, Vanja, Ilić-Dimitrijević, Ivana, Jakovljević, Aleksandar, Nikodijević-Latinović, Angelina, Petrović, Renata, Perunović, Neda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Balkan Stomatological Society 01.07.2021
Subjects
dental work
dentistry
education
prevention
stress
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Summary:Stress at the work place was declared by the World Health Organization as a worldwide epidemic. The stress caused by work appears when the balance between one's own possibilities and the environment demands is disturbed, which leads to a poor mental state. The fact is that the majority of dentists find they are under constant stress, which is caused by the nature of dental work. Literature describes dentistry as an extremely stressful profession. The main stressors include the tendency toward technical perfection, the causation of pain in patients, the lack of patient cooperation during dental treatment, the failure to maintain the given appointments. Adequate education and preparation, even during dental studies, non-neglect of symptoms and difficulties at the work place, adequate and timely response to the identification of the cause and its elimination or balancing, have a key role in solving this great problem in modern dentistry.
ISSN:2335-0245
2335-0245
DOI:10.2478/bjdm-2021-0011