Stress, burnout, anxiety and depression among dentists.

Background: Dentists encounter numerous sources of professional stress, beginning in dental school. This stress can have a negative impact on their personal and professional lives.

Conclusions: Dentists are prone to professional burnout, anxiety disorders and clinical depression, owing to the nature of clinical practice and the personality traits common among those who decide to pursue careers in dentistry.

The use of low-molecular-weight heparins in outpatient oral surgery for patients receiving anticoagulation therapy.

Background: When planning oral surgery, dentists occasionally will have patients who first need to have their anticoagulation regimen altered. To minimize the side effects and not adversely affect the patient's health, therapeutic anticoagulation should be interrupted for as short a time as possible. Low-molecular-weight heparins, or LMWHs, recently have emerged as an alternative in the management of patients whose anticoagulant status should not be modified for lengthy periods.