title: Personality traits in patients with oral malodor.
abstract: Many patients presenting at oral malodor clinics have psychological halitosis, which is characterized as being obsessive about having oral malodor or being distressed from a keen awareness of oral odor. We used the Tokyo University Egogram (TEG) to evaluate personality traits in patients presenting at the oral malodor clinic of this institute. The incidence of each TEG personality type was compared between a total of 600 patients presenting at the clinic and a cohort of healthy individuals. Differences were found between the malodor patient and healthy groups. Nurturing Parent (NP)-dominant, Adult (A)-dominant, inverse N (NP low, Free Child high), showed a significant decrease of 6.7, 11.3, and 3.6%, respectively; whereas N (A low) and N (NP high, Free Child low) showed a significant increase of 3.3 and 6.4%, respectively (p < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Division of General Dentistry, Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital.
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamakura
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: Masatake
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006209:Halitosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment