Influence of psychological factors on the acceptance of complete dentures.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the influence of psychological factors on the acceptance of complete dentures in a population wearing dentures judged to be clinically satisfactory.


METHODS
Subjects were asked to complete personality profiles and also to rate their dentures using a denture satisfaction questionnaire.


METHODS
The survey was conducted in the prosthetics clinic of a teaching hospital.


METHODS
Patients were selected from those who had new complete dentures constructed in the department within the previous two years.


METHODS
The personality inventory was a self-administered questionnaire comprising 240 items covering the five domains of personality. Denture satisfaction was scored on a nine item scale with four Likert type responses to each.


RESULTS
A group of 16% consistently complained about their dentures. Statistical analysis showed that personality factors especially Neuroticism had a significant relationship with denture satisfaction.


CONCLUSIONS
Psychological factors significantly influence denture satisfaction and profiles may provide useful in predicting potential difficult denture wearers.
al Quran
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Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
Clifford
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Cooper
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Lamey
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003781:Denture Retention; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000523:psychology*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires