August is National Wellness Month! As a dental practice promoting dental health we are a piece of the puzzle leading to wellness, but an important one. According to the Global Wellness Institute the six components of wellness are physical, social, spiritual, emotional and occupational health. Dentists address physical wellness in the form of ensuring healthy teeth and smiles. Social wellness according to Harvard is one of the most important markers for a long life – friendship and connection saves lives! Spiritual health is important, though comes in varied forms, because we feel the spiritual component of life defines us. Emotional health is critical – without selfcare we cannot care for others. Finally, we feel it is important to do work that we are happy at, although work can be dangerous or repetitive at times, the satisfaction of earning your way cannot be replaced. While different authors will say varying things about wellness, we can probably all agree that it is an important stepping stone to happiness, that elusive, rare thing we all want. Best wishes – ProDentalFx, LLC.