Some interesting statistics about dentists culled from oralhealthgroup.com
:* The suicide rate of dentists is more than twice the rate of the general population and almost three times higher than that of other white collar workers.
Emotional illness ranks third in order of frequency of health problems amongst dentists, while in the general population it ranks tenth.Coronary disease and high blood pressure are over 25% more prevalent among dentists than in the general population.Dentists suffer psycho-neurotic disorders at a rate of 2 1/2 times greater than physicians.The #1 killer of dentists is stress-related cardiovascular disease.The dental profession in North America loses the numerical equivalent of one large dental school class each year.
Some interesting statistics about dentists culled from oralhealthgroup.com
:* The suicide rate of dentists is more than twice the rate of the general population and almost three times higher than that of other white collar workers.
Emotional illness ranks third in order of frequency of health problems amongst dentists, while in the general population it ranks tenth.Coronary disease and high blood pressure are over 25% more prevalent among dentists than in the general population.Dentists suffer psycho-neurotic disorders at a rate of 2 1/2 times greater than physicians.The #1 killer of dentists is stress-related cardiovascular disease.The dental profession in North America loses the numerical equivalent of one large dental school class each year.