Am I good enough? The power of sharing a story

09/29/22 • 32 min

Dentists and other members of the dental team can face high levels of demand in their day-to-day work that exceed their abilities to cope, ultimately affecting their work and well-being.
Your host Tim Newton and guest Dr Kaejenn Tchia embark on a candid and insightful conversation about the challenges oral health professionals can face from their early career days and how these can affect their mental well-being.
Kaejenn openly shares his experience with burnout and about his healing journey, with the aim of helping others understand that they are not alone.
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https://www.supportfordentalteams.org/
Dental Check-up website:
https://www.fdiworlddental.org/dental-check-mental-health-series

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It’s OK to not be OK

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This episode is about the mental health and well-being of the dental team, as well as stress, burnout and the basics of common mental health disorders in dentistry, and how to cope with them. Through discussions with colleagues and experts, we cover the scale and nature of the problem of stress and burnout in the dental workplace. We include advice on how to make changes, real life experiences, and tips and exercises on how to better manage stress at work.
Key messages:

Chronic work-related stress is a real issue in dental teams and can often lead to burnout. Broad attention and early management are essential to control its long-term consequences affecting mental health.
Burnout symptoms include anxiety, fatigue, cynicism, and reduced performance amongst others and can have significant consequences.
Work-related stress and burnout can affect work performance, and consequently patients and their treatments.
It is important to open the debate and talk about mental health conditions that dental teams may suffer from.

Additional resources:
https://www.supportfordentalteams.org/

Link to episode’s page:
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Antimicrobial Resistance: Why should I care?

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognized as one of the biggest threats to global health by the World Health Organization and is expected to be responsible for ten million deaths each year by 2050. This issue is of particular concern to dental teams, as dentists prescribe around 10% of all antibiotics for humans.

For many years, FDI has been at the forefront to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance in dentistry. This World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), in a special episode of the Dental check-up podcast, we invited renowned experts in the field of AMR in dentistry to discuss the important role of dentists to tackle AMR. Listen to the full episode to discover the importance of antimicrobials as lifesaving drugs and how oral health professionals can help improve the global AMR crisis.

At FDI, we want to create awareness that we can all be part of the solution by “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together”. Show your support and commitment by signing our pledge on antimicrobial resistance!

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