background: it has been prover that the prevalence of experiencing job related stress is very high among the dentists. this stress can be the result of factors such as poor lightening of dental office and noise. this stress can cause emotional distress and threaten dentists’ physical health and affect the quality of their life. this study is conducted to determine dentists’ professional quality...

OBJECTIVE To compare dental and skeletal anchorages in mandibular canine retraction by means of a stress distribution analysis. METHODS A photoelastic model was produced from second molar to canine, without the first premolar, and mandibular canine retraction was simulated by a rubber band tied to two types of anchorage: dental anchorage, in the first molar attached to adjacent teeth, and ske...

The practice of medical and dental profession has long been associated with high levels of occupational stress. The stress of professional training can be a motivator for some, for others it can have serious consequences. By identifying stressors affecting students, necessary modifications can be made to improve the quality of life of dental and medical students. This article reviews the source...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify the sources of stress among dental students enrolled at Pharos University in Alexandria (PUA) - Egypt, and to explore the role of gender, level of undergraduate study and residence with parents on perceived stressors. MATERIALS AND METHODS A thirty-item self-reported modified version of the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire was ...

This study examines the association of stress with performance and health in first-year dental students and changes in the amount and sources of stress over one year. Students at four U.S. dental schools completed the Dental Environment Stress (DES) scale, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), stress rating, and demographic questions at the start of their first year of school (baseline), 11.7 weeks, an...

Several studies on job stress have been conducted among nurses, teachers, clerks, lecturers, laboratory technicians, petroleum and automotive workers and the calculated prevalences ranged from 20-35%; associated factors identified include high job demand, low job control and poor social support. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of stress ...

Dental caries remains a significant public health problem and is considered pandemic worldwide. The prediction of dental caries based on profiling of microbial species involved in disease and equally important, the identification of species conferring dental health has proven more difficult than anticipated due to high interpersonal and geographical variability of dental plaque microbiota. We h...

  Background: It has been prover that the prevalence of experiencing job related stress is very high among the dentists. This stress can be the result of factors such as poor lightening of dental office and noise. This stress can cause emotional distress and threaten dentists’ physical health and affect the quality of their life. This study is conducted to determine dentists’ p...

Dental students often report high levels of stress. Even though many studies have been conducted on this issue, we still lack a global understanding of how dental students experience and deal with stress, making it difficult for dental educators to improve this situation. Consequently, our study aimed to understand in a comprehensive manner how dental students experience stress. We conducted a ...