Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health and Burnout Issues in Dentistry

This course will address what we as a dental profession must do and modify to educate and protect ourselves, our patients, and our profession from the effects of mental health illnesses. I will discuss ways to practice dentistry in a healthy manner so that we can provide dentistry and protect our profession that we so dearly love and have the privilege to practice.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss the effects stress, anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, and substance abuse can have on our mental health and how it may affect our lives.
• Explore the impact and potential interactions associated mental health illness and substance use disorders.
• Define burnout and its applicability to the dental office with recommended solutions addressing the Six Burnout Mismatches found in our offices and personal lives.

Co-Sponsored by MDA Insurance, MDA Services, and MDA Health and Well Being Committee.

About the speaker … Dr. Bill Claytor graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and completed a two-year General Practice Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. He earned a certificate in chemical dependency counseling from Union College and currently serves on the Dental Well-Being Advisory Committee of the American Dental Association. Dr. Claytor lectures throughout the United States on the opioid epidemic, burnout, perfectionism, and addiction. Dr. Claytor manages “Ask Bill,” a blog where he addresses current and relevant issues facing dentists today, including substance abuse, burnout, and professional burnout.

Registration Instructions

NOTE: There is a two-step registration process for the live webinars:

STEP 1: Register through the MDA for tracking in your CE history.

STEP 2: Save the viewing link found in the MDA email confirmation to watch the live webinar on the date it occurs. NOTE: The email confirmation from the MDA may go into your spam folder, to help avert this, please add [email protected] to your safe sender list.