Relationship of Personality Traits and Patient Satisfaction With Fixed Implant Prosthodontic Treatments

Background and aim: it is necessary to consider the personality traits of patients to predict their behavior in dental office. this study was performed to determine the effect of patients’ personality traits on their degree of satisfaction with prosthetic-implant therapy. materials and methods: in this study, 51 partially edentulous patients who had lost 1 to 4 maxillary premolars and 2 months had passed since their prosthetic treatment were selected by convenience sampling. the data collection tool was a researcher-designed questionnaire on satisfaction with fixed implant therapy and neo five-factor inventory (neo-ffi), the validity and reliability of which had been proven in previous studies. the relationship between the personality scores and satisfaction was analyzed by t-test and anova. the significance level was set at p<0.05. results: the mean score of satisfaction was 34.3±4.37. the mean personality score was 199.96±20.64. there was no significant relationship between the patient satisfaction and age or sex (p>0.05). the less educated patients were significantly more satisfied with their treatment (p=0.041). the highest mean score was found for acceptability and the lowest mean was reported for neuroticism. there was a significant relationship between taking responsibility and satisfaction (p=0.026). conclusion: the personality traits of individuals affected their satisfaction with the treatment, and the patients who were more responsible were more satisfied with their treatment outcome.