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Dentists and their dental staff are subject to a barrage of stress every single day. How often do you hear one of your team members mention they\’92re stressed? From patient no-shows and maintaining employee satisfaction to keeping the schedule full and supplies stocked, there are an endless number of items to be taken care of on a regular basis.

Stress can wreak havoc on your health causing cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, lower back pain, mental depression, eye strain and ulcers to name only a few.   Some common stress influences at the dental office include:

  • Position
  • Amount of sleep
  • Hours worked
  • Patient demands
  • Time pressures
  • Uncooperative patients
  • High levels of concentration and focus
  • Team issues
  • Economic pressure
  • Lack of exercise

Wondering how to deal with stress at your dental office?  What it boils down to is not letting stress take control\’97learn how to control your stress. 

Here are 3 ways we like to highlight for how to deal with stress at the dental office.

Tweak Your Time Management

Having effective time management strategies in place will help to lower stress in the dental office.  Take the time to learn and master the art of prioritization, delegation, assertiveness and decision making. 

Get Some More Shut Eye

If you get at least seven hours of uninterrupted, restful sleep every night it will help to prepare your body and mind to best navigate successfully through any stressors the next day may bring. 

Move Around

Exercise helps to lower stress levels significantly.  Try to get moving 4-5 times a week to start seeing a decrease in stress levels.  Strapped for time?  You don\’92t need to hit the gym for hours on end to get positive effects of exercise.  Park further away than you normally would in the parking lot at work and at the store, take the dog for a walk or take the stairs instead of the elevator.  

Although stress can never be completely eliminated from your dental practice, it must be minimized as much as possible to avoid many stress-related emotional and physical problems that it can cause. Share these tips with your team so and support each other in your efforts to deal with stress

Don\’92t let dental recall add more stress to your plate.  Take the stress out of your dental recall and schedule a consultation with Patient Focus.  Patient Focus will simplify and streamline your efforts to grow your dental practice in just 3 simple steps! 

 

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