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Oral healthcare team wellbeing

Mental wellbeing in the oral healthcare team: the dental hygienist and dental therapist

British Dental Journal volume 235, page 603 (2023)Cite this article

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  • This perspective offers the reader the opportunity to consider that a clinician is also a patient.

  • The reader is invited to reflect on areas that might trouble an oral health professional.

  • Signposting is provided for support and resources that might be helpful to a struggling clinician.

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  1. President, British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, UK

    Miranda Steeples

  2. President, British Association of Dental Therapists, UK

    Debbie Hemington

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Correspondence to Miranda Steeples or Debbie Hemington.

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Steeples, M., Hemington, D. Mental wellbeing in the oral healthcare team: the dental hygienist and dental therapist. Br Dent J 235, 603 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6405-5

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