By Brett Kessler, D.D.S., CDA Past President and ADA President-Elect, From the 2024 Spring Journal of the Colorado Dental Association The interesting thing about trauma is that sometimes you don’t know you even went through it. As dentists we spend so much time helping others that we often internalize our own needs and experiences. This happened to me last fall …
Emotional Responses to Trauma
From the Spring 2023 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association trau·ma noun A deeply distressing or disturbing Often results from exposure to an incident or series of events that are emotionally disturbing or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, and/or spiritual well-being. We all know someone who has recently experienced a trauma. This could be a …