Why are dentists so unhappy? | BDJ In Practice

Why are dentists so unhappy? | BDJ In Practice


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe In the first in a series of six articles, DAVID WARD takes a deep dive into the root of unhappiness in the profession Two gifted, handsome


and dedicated dentists who qualified alongside me in 1986 have been lost to suicide. There has always been anecdotal evidence that dentistry was a career with high stress and subsequent high


suicide rates. This usually involves dentists who get into financial difficulties or relationship problems and end up with no apparent way out. Research carried out by the British Dental


Association in 2019 shows dentistry is linked to high stress levels and burnout, with one in six dentists admitting seriously considering suicide and a total of 77 dentists taking their own


lives between 1995 and 2011.1 This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in *


Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCE * Toon M, Collin V, Whitehead P. _et al._ An analysis of stress and burnout in UK general dental


practitioners: subdimensions and causes. _Br Dent J_ 2019; 226: 125-130. Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * 543 Dental Centre, Hull, United Kingdom David Ward


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and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Ward, D. Why are dentists so unhappy?. _BDJ In Pract_ 36, 12–13 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-023-1934-9 Download citation *


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