Relationship Between Dental Students' Personality Profiles and Self-reported Oral Health Behaviour

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-18-2019

Publication Title

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volume

17

Issue

2

First page number:

125

Last page number:

129

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between oral health behaviour and personality profiles among dental students. Materials and Methods: One hundred six consecutive (pre-)clinical dental students (58 females and 48 males) were recruited for this observational study. Participants' oral health behaviour was evaluated using the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI). The NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) was used to assess the participants' personality profiles. ... See full text for complete abstract

Keywords

HU-DBI; NEO-FFI; Oral health attitudes; Oral health behaviour; Personality profiles

Disciplines

Dental Hygiene | Dental Public Health and Education

Language

English

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