Dentistry
Overview
Sources of Data
Infographics
Presentations & Publications
Toolkit
In The News
Investigators
Trainees
Partners
Findings
Sources of Data
Survey responses from 397 dentists
Research of over 150 sources
36 worker interviews conducted
17 stakeholder interviews conducted
Infographics
Integrated Findings: Work Experiences of Canadian Dentists
To cite this infographic: Atanackovic, J., Maragha, T., Ramachandran, S., Adams, T., Brondani, M., Mawko, J., & Bourgeault, I. (2021). Integrated Findings: Work Experiences of Canadian Dentists [Infographic]. Healthy Professional Worker Partnership – Dentistry. https://www.healthyprofwork.com/dentistry/#preliminary-findings.
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References:
Ahmed, M. A., Jouhar, R., Ahmed, N., Adnan, S., Aftab, M., Zafar, M. S., & Khurshid, Z. (2020). Fear and Practice Modifications among Dentists to Combat Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), 2821. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082821.
Huri, M., Bağiş, N., Eren, H., Başibüyük, O., Şahin, S., Umaroğlu, M., & Orhan, K. (2017). Burnout and occupational participation among dentists with teaching responsibilities in universities. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 22(6), 693–700. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2016.1210177.
Shacham, M., Hamama-Raz, Y., Kolerman, R., Mijiritsky, O., Ben-Ezra, M., & Mijiritsky, E. (2020). COVID-19 Factors and Psychological Factors Associated with Elevated Psychological Distress among Dentists and Dental Hygienists in Israel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), 2900. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082900.
Presentations & Publications
2024
Maragha, T., Atanackovic, J., Adams, T., Brondani, M., & Bourgeault, I. (2024) Dentists’ Mental Health: Challenges, Supports and Promising Practices. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/23800844241271664
2021
“Why dentists and midwives do not take leaves of absence from work when experiencing mental health issues?” Comparative findings from the Healthy Professional Worker Study at the Canadian Health Worker Conference.
"Healthy Professional Workers: Dentistry Case Study Preliminary Findings" presented to the Canadian Dental Association, November 2021
"Healthy Professional Workers: Dentistry Case Study Preliminary Findings" presented to the Canadian Dental Association Practice Recovery Task Force, November 2021.
“Dentists’ Mental Health, Leaves of Absence, and Return to Work: The perspective of practising dentists” at the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry (CAPHD), October 1, 2021.
"Leaves of absence and return to work among professional workers: Comparing the case of midwives and dentists" to the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA-SCS) Conference, June 2021
"Dentists and Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences: A Mixed Methods Study" at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference, May 2021.
Atanackovic, J., Maragha, T., Ramachandran, S., Adams, T., Brondani, M., Mawko, J., & Bourgeault, I. (2021). Integrated Findings: Work Experiences of Canadian Dentists [Infographic]. Healthy Professional Worker Partnership – Dentistry. https://www.healthyprofwork.com/dentistry/#preliminary-findings.
2020
Atanackovic, J. & Bourgeault, I.(2020). Why universal accessibility to assistance programs for dentists in Nova Scotia, and elsewhere in Canada, is important. [Policy Brief]. Prepared for the Provincial Dental Board of Nova Scotia
2019
Adams, T.L, Atanackovic J., Demers, C., Brondani,M., Quinonez, C., & Bourgeault, I.(2019). Dentists and Mental Health, Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences: A Mixed Methods Study. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference Société canadienne de sociologie congrès annuel, Vancouver, June / Juin 3 – 6, 2019.
Atanackovic J., Demers, C., Adams, T.L., Brondani,M., Quinonez, C., & Bourgeault, I.(2019). Mental Health, Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences among Canadian Dentists: A Mixed Methods Study. Canadian Australian Health Sociology Conference, Vancouver, June 5, 2019.
Mihailescu, M., Neiterman, E. (2019) A scoping review of the literature on the current mental health status of physicians and physicians-in-training in North America. BMC Public Health 19, 1363 doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7661-9
Presentations
Culminating Dialogue
Dentists' Mental Health: Challenge, Supports, and Promising Practice. Presented by Tala Maragha on June 12, 2024
Mental Health of Canadian Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented by Tracey Adams on June, 12, 2024
What do we know about the mental health experiences of Canadian dentist? Findings from The Healthy Professional Worker Parnership
Preliminary findings presented by the dentistry team on behalf the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership initiative on May 26, 2022.
Dentists and Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences: A Mixed Methods Study
This study was presented at the 2021 Annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference by Jelena Atanackovic on behalf the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership Initiative’s Dentistry Case Study Team.
For the text version of the presentation, please view the PDF.
Recommended Citation: Atanackovic, J., Adams, T., Brondani, M., Maragha, T., Ramachandran, S., & Bourgeault, I. (2021). Dentist and Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences: A Mixed Methods Study. Presented at the 2021 Annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Canada, May 19.
Resources
Toolkit
In the News
Mario Brondani engaged in discussion with John O'Keefe about CDA Oasis via Facebook Live.
Maragha, T., & Brondani, M. (November 5, 2020). Dentists are the forgotten front line. Winnipeg Free Press. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/dentists-are-the-forgotten-front-line-572978152.html.
Meet the Team
Investigators
Mario Brondani (Team Lead) (he/him/his)
Mario Brondani is a dentist by training and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at UBC. He organizes and runs a session on stress management and mental health within the undergraduate dental program at UBC, and is the Chair of the Division of dental public health. He has written on the subject of stress management and suicide prevention in dentistry, and his research focuses on access to care and dental public health, dental geriatrics and dental education.
Tracey L. Adams (Co-Lead) (she/her)
Tracey L. Adams is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She specializes in the sociology of work, professions, and social inequality. Recent research focuses on professional regulation in Canada and abroad, interprofessional relations, and the significance of gender to professional work. She is currently studying the changing nature of professional work in Canada, with a particular focus on engineers and dentists.
Jelena Atanackovic (PhD) (she/her) is a Research Associate in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa. She obtained her PhD in Sociology from McMaster University. Her research interests focus primarily on health and healthcare policy, and she is highly engaged in the midwifery and dentistry case studies of the HPW project. Jelena is a co-leader of the HPW Trainee Network, and helps with the HPW project's overall coordination.
Trainees
Tala Maragha is an MSc student in Craniofacial Sciences at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia-Vancouver. She is involved in the dentistry case study as a part of her thesis focus on dental education and student mental health.
Swathi Ramachandran is a dentist by training and a Masters student in Craniofacial Science at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry. She is involved in the dentistry case study of the HPW project and is interested in mental wellness of dentists and dental students.
