Overcoming Obstacles to Be a Successful Dentist

Overcoming Obstacles to Be a
Successful Dentist
Jeffrey M. Heinz, DDS
Kyle Smith, DDS
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A little about me…
• Hometown:
• Commerce twp, MI
• Son, Brother, Uncle, Father
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Education
• Nutritional Sciences, Michigan State University
• University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
• Indiana University School of Dentistry: Orthodontics
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My Story
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“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you
are heading.”
-Lao Tzu
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Base Hits
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the
courage to continue that counts.”
-Winston Churchill
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Let’s begin…
“Allow me to re-introduce myself.”
-Jay Z
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My Story
“Looking back, I can plainly see that I was an alcoholic from
the moment I took my very first drink.”
- Me
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Alcoholism
• Alcoholism is a chronic and often progressive disease
that includes problems controlling your drinking, being
preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even
when it causes problems, having to drink more to get the
same effect (physical dependence), or having withdrawal
symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking.
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Alcoholism cont.
“It’s not the number of drinks that defines an alcoholic, it’s
what happens to you when you’re drinking.”
-Sarah Benton, M.S., L.M.H.C., L.P.C., Alcoholic.
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Recovery Resources
• AA
• Dentists Concerned for Dentists
• Mental health professionals/Counseling
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Alcoholism in
Dentistry/Professionals
• ~10%-15% of dentists will have a drug and/or alcohol
problem at some time in their lives (ADA)
– Risk in professionals unproven to be more or less than general
population
• ~1 in 15 healthcare professionals will suffer from an
addiction (British Medical Association)
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Thank you!
• Comments/Concerns/Requests/Questions?
– [email protected]
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