Open AccessDifferences in psychological traits between lingual and labial orthodontic patients: Perfectionism, body image, and the impact of dental esthetics
Author(s) -
Carlos Bellot-Arcís,
Marcela Ferrer-Molina,
Ángel Carrasco-Tornero,
José María Montiel-Company,
José Manuel AlmerichSilla
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the angle orthodontist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1945-7103
pISSN - 0003-3219
DOI - 10.2319/020714-97.1
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , psychosocial , medicine , logistic regression , dentistry , orthodontics , clinical psychology , psychiatry
To examine some of the patients' psychological traits in relation to their levels of perfectionism and their body image, and to discover whether these differ between lingual and labial orthodontic patients.