Open AccessPersonality and psychological factors: Effects on dental beliefs
Author(s) -
Siddhi Hathiwala,
Shashidhar Acharya,
Suchitra Patil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.155110
Subject(s) - anxiety , personality , openness to experience , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , psychology , cross sectional study , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , pathology
Dental treatment can be highly unpleasant for anxious patients. Despite all advancements, dental anxiety continues to upset the dentist-patient relationship. The psychological factors like individual personality and familial and peer influence may alter the dental beliefs of a patient.