Instability of self‐esteem, self‐confidence, self‐liking, self‐control, self‐competence and perfectionism: associations with oral health status and oral health‐related behaviours

Abstract

Our study showed that instability of self-esteem, self-confidence, self-competence, self-liking, self-control and perfectionism was associated not only with self-rated dental health but also with oral health behaviours. Understanding the psychological factors associated with oral hygiene can further the development and improvement in therapeutic strategies to be used in oral health-improving programs, as well as of programs aimed at prevention and education.

Associations between stress, fatigue, sleep disturbances and dental students’ oral health-related behaviours: Changes throughout academic year

“…Questions, which examined oral health-related behavior, were designed by the authors and took into consideration previously performed research on similar topics. [1][2][3] These questions included the frequency of tooth brushing, flossing, mouth rinsing, etc. The 10-question Fatigue Assessment Scale was used to investigate symptoms of fatigue.…”

“…Studies suggest that individual oral hygiene correlates with emotions, physical and mental state. 1,2 A positive corelation was revealed between the sense of humor, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-love and the frequency of oral hygiene appliances usage. [1][2][3] Moreover, behavioral activity and fatigue were related to appropriate and infrequent oral health-related behaviors respectively.…”

“…1,2 A positive corelation was revealed between the sense of humor, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-love and the frequency of oral hygiene appliances usage. [1][2][3] Moreover, behavioral activity and fatigue were related to appropriate and infrequent oral health-related behaviors respectively. 4 Previous studies have shown that knowledge about the etiology of oral diseases as well as an understanding the necessity of maintaining good oral hygiene is an encouragement towards proper oral health-related behaviors and correlates with better oral health status.…”

Hypertension, diabetes and poor mental health are associated with dissatisfaction of teeth appearance: Scottish Health Survey, 2012

“…On the other hand, there seems to be no sound empirical evidence on the potential relationship of hypertension and self-rated teeth appearance, although a clinical study showed a potential linkage in patients with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic renal failure [9]. The linkage of poor mental health such as distress or depression and selfrated teeth appearance could be via the mechanism of low selfcompetence and appreciation [10].…”

Reduction of Gingival Black Triangles with Dental Pulp or Gingival Stem Cell Injection Therapy: Clinical and Outcomes Research Gaps

“…It is unknown whether GBTs are associated with decrements in QOL. Studies of QOL associated with dental, orthodontic, and periodontal needs often focus on psychosocial well-being [33][34][35], but since QOL includes other dimensions that are unlikely to be affected by improvements to esthetics, notably physical functioning, it is unclear whether commonly-used measures of QOL would be able to capture improvements associated with treatment and therefore be meaningful assessment tools. Unlike more severe conditions, GBTs are unlikely to be associated with pain or difficulty eating, and probably have little to no impact on physical functioning.…”