Wellness Resources

When you focus on your mental health, you can deliver the best dental health for your patients. Use these tools to take care of your well-being.

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Assess Your Well-Being

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Check in on yourself

Assess your levels of well-being with this Mayo Clinic tool (ADA member log-in required)

Act to Improve Your Well-Being

In a crisis? You’re not alone

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please text or dial 988 to be connected to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This service is free, confidential and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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More mental health resources

More than 82% of dentists report feeling “major” stress about their careers. Reduce burnout, support colleagues and find well-being programs in your state.

Physical health & ergonomics

Practice without pain. Use these resources to prevent and minimize the physical aches that come with dentistry.

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Advocate for the Profession

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Improving dental health care worker wellness

The ADA works advance the profession’s health and wellness on personal, local, state and national levels. See how below.

Peer support and resources for dental professionals and their family members.
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Access an advocacy toolkit to reduce barriers to care for mental health and substance use. disorders.
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The ADA helped develop this plan with NAM’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being.