title: Stress in the dental office.
abstract: Stress is endemic and epidemic in today's fast-paced world, and dentists are not immune. While stressors are particular to the individual, some factors potentially causing stress in the dental office are economic conditions, difficult patients, inherent personality traits and physical constraints.
authors.affiliation: Dental Fear and Anxiety Center, UCLA School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mazey
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D013315:Stress, Psychological