Stress in dental specialists: a comparison of six clinical dental specialties.
OBJECTIVE
To describe and compare the levels of stress reported by dental practitioners working within clinical dental specialties.


METHODS
Questionnaire survey of 220 dental practitioners identified from the General Dental Council lists of specialist practitioners in the following clinical specialties: orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, restorative dentistry, endodontics, periodontology, prosthetic dentistry.


RESULTS
The clinical specialties did not differ in their reported levels of stress. Practitioners working in the field of paediatric dentistry reported the highest median levels of reported stress for three of the four scales, though this trend was not significant.


CONCLUSIONS
The practitioners surveyed from six clinical specialties did not experience significantly different sources of stress.
Newton
Jonathon T
JT
Department of Dental Public Health & Oral Health Services Research, GKT Dental Institute, Floor 18, Guy's Tower, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT. tim.newton@kcl.ac.uk
Mistry
Kamini
K
Patel
Akit
A
Patel
Priya
P
Perkins
Matthew
M
Saeed
Kashif
K
Smith
Christoper
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D013039:Specialties, Dental; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires