ORAL HYGIENE
Uche Odiatu, DMD Uche Odiatu DMD is a Toronto area dentist and a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine and lectures throughout North America on total patient health. Follow him on Instagram @Fitspeakers
Mahsa Bakhshandeh, RDH Mahsa Bakhshandeh RDH graduated from Durham College and has been in private practice for ten years. She enjoys travelling and exploring the world, its many cultures & their variety of wonderful cuisines. Mahsa is a licenced Zumba Instructor and a certified meditation workshop facilitator. Follow her on Instagram @tooth_boss
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A SELFCARE SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR BUSY DENTAL PROFESSIONALS any of us only think of getting fit and healthy to look good for college reunions or to rebound after the failure of a relationship (the proverbial “revenge body”). It’s beyond just looking good; it’s about creating a body that can help you weather a financial storm, an emotional storm or even survive a pandemic. When pushed to the limit and life asks everything from us, we need a reserve. Just like having money in the bank helps you weather a financial storm, having impeccable health will help you in get through a global storm of mammoth dimensions. There are four sections to our Selfcare Survival Guide: 1. Get physical 2. Eat right 3. Slay stress 4. Sleep well
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After this column you will have a foundation to be your physical and emotional best.
GET PHYSICAL
Exercise has the inherent ability to build strength and endurance into the human body. Most people already know this. A strong body can lift things up, it can get things done – you can live independently. Can the benefits go beyond the physical? This is where it gets mindblowing. Psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School professor John Ratey writes, “I have to cement the idea that exercise has a profound effect on cognitive abilities and mental health.”1 Dental professionals think just reading more and practising continuing education is all it takes to build our minds. Who would have thought that getting physically fit could have such far
MAY 2020
