Iris Publishers Journal of Dentistry & Oral Health

  Authored by  Ayse Basak Cinar, Introduction Prolonged period of Covid-19 crisis is a physically and emotionally difficult time for dental team members. Not only are they feeling the strain of increased expectations, learning to work with the added discomfort, headaches, fatigue, and the increased body temperature additional PPE creates, but they also have real health fears of contracting the virus. Some of them may be questioning their future and/or how to work in near future with changing regulations. Compounding this are the economic impacts of the crisis and more uncertainty about the future than many have ever experienced. Daily practices throughout the day, once easily achieved, may now lead to feel insurmountable when tensions and stress levels are high. Many team members experience fatigue due to all these challenges, regardless of being self-aware of it or not. Fatigue is when the tiredness is often overwhelming and is not relieved by sleep and rest [1]. NICE defines...