Personality traits as a potential predictor of willingness to undergo various orthodontic treatments.

Conclusions: Personality traits are useful in predicting a patient's potential willingness to participate in various orthodontic treatments. The agreeableness dimension provided the most utility in predicting patient willingness. Age, ethnicity, and gender were not significant in predicting patient willingness. PMID: 23373614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/23373614?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - February 1, 2013 Category: Dentistry Authors: Hansen V, Liu SS, Schrader SM, Dean JA, Stewart KT Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research

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