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Do personality traits affect the relationship between malocclusion and the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics?

AIM: The aim of this study was to assess whether the degree of malocclusion and the Big Five personality traits (openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism) are significant predictors of the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was cross– sectional on a convenient sample that included 160 university students and patients (61.3% female) aged 8–39 years. The self- administered questionnaire included the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, a brief version of the Big Five Inventory and the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire. The self-perception of the malocclusion severity was assessed by the Aesthetic Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need. The examiners determined the actual severity of malocclusion by using the Index of Complexity, Outcome and Need. RESULTS: Among the Big Five, neuroticism was the only trait that correlated with the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics, and only in DSC and SI, accounting for 1.4 and 5.3% of variability, respectively. Self- esteem was a significant predictor of DSC, SI, PI and AC, accounting for 7.2, 17.1, 5.6 and 10.4% of variability, respectively. CONCLUSION: Except for neuroticism and self- esteem, personality traits fail to correlate with the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics.

dental aesthetics; personality traits; self-esteem; malocclusion

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