The Well-being Toolkit for Dental Professionals - Available now

28 October 2022 by Association for Dental Implantology

This World Mental Health Day (Monday 10th October 2022), Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, dentist and positive psychologist, together with Unilever’s oral care brand Zendium, launched a new, activity-based Wellbeing Toolkit to help address the mental health challenges within dentistry. The Well-being Toolkit for Dental Professionals can be thought of as a self-intervention: your guide to help you integrate the different ingredients of well-being, and increase positive feelings, positive thoughts and positive actions in the process.

Download the toolkit here (4.1MB)

Dr Mahrukh Khwaja explains more:

"The prevalence of burnout amongst dental professionals may sound disconcerting, but fortunately there are evidence-based tools that can be utilised to help dental professionals not only cope with stressors, but to move beyond baseline to optimal states, such as flourishing.

"Chief among these strategies is the PERMA-H model, originally created as ‘PERMA’ by Professor Martin Seligman and later developed to PERMA-H by Man Lai and colleagues. PERMA-H champions six components of wellbeing to help you feel happier, energised at work, connected to others, have a sense of purpose and accomplish goals that align with what matters to you the most.

"The Well-being Toolkit for Dental Professionals can be thought of as a self-intervention: your guide to help you integrate the different ingredients of well-being, and increase positive feelings, positive thoughts and positive actions in the process."

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