title: Which maternal personality traits affect child behaviour during dental treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Maternal personality traits affect child dental behaviour and have a potential link with dental treatment methods. This study aims to evaluate which maternal personality traits affect child dental behaviour.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research was carried out upon 60 children aged between 3-12 years, who had been admitted to our clinic for tooth extraction. All children were evaluated by means of the Frankl Behavior Scale (FBS): degrees I and II represent negative behaviours, while III and IV positive behaviour. Thirty children with FBS degree III and IV were assigned to Group I and 30 children with FBS degree I and II were assigned to Group II. Children in Group I underwent tooth extraction with local anaesthesia. Children in Group II underwent tooth extraction under deep sedation. During the first visit, the mothers were tested with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to evaluate personality traits. All mothers in Group I and half the mothers in Group II filled a complete and valid test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Group I and II mothers were compared according to the test results: scores of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test were significantly higher in Group II (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We hypotetise that character features of mothers of children with negative dental behaviour and positive dental behaviour are different and affect child dental behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Arpaci
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara,Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Işik
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cura
authors.affiliation: Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000379:methods; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000379:methods; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054810:Deep Sedation / Q000379:methods; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000523:psychology; D007046:Hysteria / Q000523:psychology; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009341:Negativism; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000379:methods