Beating the new year blues

With the silly season (or as I like to call it, the ‘stop, drop and floss’ season) behind us, the lights have come down and the Christmas cheer is back in storage. The waiting room looks stark with the tinsel packed away and it turns out that nothing changed as the clock struck midnight and tipped us into 2025. The challenges we face as dental nurses remain the same, except without the jubilant festive force of Mariah Carey playing in the background.

Battling through the dead of winter to rock up for a full day in the clinic can feel like pulling teeth (pun intended). Motivation seems to have run off with the Elf On A Shelf and it can be hard to inject enthusiasm into the words, “Rinse and spit for me” once more.