Dentist Job Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Quality of Life and Satisfaction from Career and Work–Life Integration of Greek Dentists before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…During the pandemic, though, it affected positively our participants’ faith in the dental profession and the remuneration they could receive since one out of three dentists over 51 years of age feel more certain to acquire bigger remuneration. They also seem to be more certain of their dental role and more satisfied with their career, a view also reported previously [ 2 ]. It seems that wisdom and experience acquired through the years support and strengthen the belief and value system that can make dentists correspond to stressful situations [ 7 ].…”

“…Negative beliefs or inability to receive the correct payment was also a significant source of anxiety and disappointment in the profession during the pandemic, in our study and elsewhere [ 41 , 42 ]. However, although dentists can struggle with economic matters, they may remain highly satisfied with their careers [ 2 , 59 ], as derived also from our data where two out of three dentists believe they can make a difference in the improvement of society through the dental profession and almost two out of three dentists would choose again the dental profession if they had the chance. Additionally, two out of three married dentists in our study certainly appreciated satisfaction from their career and work–life integration during the pandemic, possibly by experiencing stability in their roles, something reported to be generally important in QoL [ 60 ].…”

“…Quality of life (QoL) is closely related to professional life and is strongly suggested to be assessed in occupational health studies [ 1 ]. Dentistry could be a desirable career that, according to the public’s understanding, can bring a high-income reputation and good QoL [ 2 ]. Instead, high levels of job dissatisfaction and low QoL were reported in dentists, before [ 3 , 4 , 5 ] and during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 6 ].…”

“…Instead, high levels of job dissatisfaction and low QoL were reported in dentists, before [ 3 , 4 , 5 ] and during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 6 ]. Delivering oral health care is generally characterized by aspects likely to influence positively job satisfaction and QoL of dentists such as good patient relationships, respect and acceptance, delivery of care, high staff quality, professional relationships, and professional environment, or negatively such as low productivity, high-stress level, low salary and other economic issues, lack of resources, equipment shortage, extensive working hours, absence of free personal time, or low self-esteem [ 2 , 4 , 7 ]. Other factors negatively influencing the QoL of dental professionals are demographic characteristics such as the younger age, male gender, student status, high job-strain/working hours, those enrolled in clinical degree programs, and certain personality types [ 8 ].…”

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“…Furthermore, we defined intervals for satisfaction scores as follows: scores from 0 to 1.99 were defined as VD, 2.00–2.99 as DS, 3.00–3.49 as NS, 3.50–3.99 as ST, and 4.00–5.00 as VS ( 5 ). Referring to previous literature, we mainly applied three formulas in the process of conversion ( 40 ): (1) Satisfaction = VD% × 1.00 + DS% × 2.00 + NS% × 3.00 + ST% × 4.00 + VS% × 5.00. This formula can convert the number distribution of satisfaction into the corresponding score, which applies to the situation where only the number distribution of overall satisfaction or its dimensions is reported, and the original scale should be a 5-point Likert scale.…”