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Links between oral health and personality at a law enforcement school

Published:2014-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:9 Page:86-91
ISSN:2391-5463
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Author:

Faragó Ildikó¹,Túry Ferenc²,Márton Sándor³,Nagy Gábor⁴,Hopcraft Matthew⁵,Madléna Melinda⁶

Affiliation:

1. 1Miskolc Law Enforcement Secondary School, Szentpétery Gate 78., 3526, Miskolc, Hungary

2. 2Department of Behavioral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvarad Square 4., 1089, Budapest, Hungary

3. 3Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Faculty of Arts, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1., 4032, Debrecen, Hungary

4. 4Department of Community Dentistry, Section of Oral Diagnostics, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis, University Szentkirályi Street 40., 1088, Budapest, Hungary

5. 5Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne, Swanston Street 720., Melbourne, Australia

6. 6Department of Paedodontics and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University, Szentkirályi Street 47., Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

AbstractOne of the territories of dental psychosomatics is the link between personality characterisctics and dental status. The aim of the present study was to survey the relationship between temperament and character factors and dental status in police students. It can be hypothesized, that some temperament factors can increase the risk for dental health problems. After dental screening 792 police students completed the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) devised by Cloninger. 57.5% of students rated their own teeth as being in good or very good condition, and only 2.8% as bad condition. In persons rating their dental status as “good”, the average DMFT was 9.23±5.01 (mean±S.D.). In students assessing their own oral health as bad, TCI results showed that a higher percentage of students displayed extravagance, impulsiveness, disorderliness than the overall population. Among the students with good self-assessment but bad teeth, there was a higher percentage of students displaying passivity, low assertiveness, and introversion. The temperament and character factors may have negative consequences for students in an institution which exposes them to high stress level. It may be useful to screen these students using subjective health questionnaires in order to permit more effective efforts to positive health behaviour.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2478/s11536-013-0251-9.pdf

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