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Relative importance of psychologic factors in denture satisfaction
Author(s) -
Vervoorn Johanna M.,
Duinkerke Adriaan S. H.,
Luteijn Frans,
Pool Alphons C. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1991.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - dentures , medicine , neuroticism , extraversion and introversion , personality , complaint , big five personality traits , checklist , dentistry , clinical psychology , patient satisfaction , psychology , social psychology , nursing , political science , law , cognitive psychology
The aim of this investigation was to explore the relative importance of psychologic variables in explaining the degree of denture satisfaction in full denture patients. A group of 125 patients who were on a waiting list to have new dentures constructed participated in this study. The patients completed the Dutch version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, the Dutch Personality Inventory, a denture satisfaction questionnaire and a denture complaint questionnaire. No relation was found between the personality variables and denture satisfaction as measured by the denture satisfaction questionnaire. When the different aspects of denture satisfaction were measured by means of complaint scales, satisfaction was related to personality traits. Functional complaints of the mandibular denture and complaints about a hollow face were related to the personality trait “extraversion‐introversion”. Vague denture complaints and complaints about a bulbous face were related to “neuroticism”.