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Characteristics of dental patients determining their compliance level in dentistry: relevance for predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine

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This article centers on the relationship between psychological specifics of dental patients and their adherence to treatment. It describes clinical and personality specifics of periodontal patients and presents personality characteristics of patients with positive and negative dynamics of the therapy, as well as patients without periodontal diseases. The study findings highlight the importance of building confidential relationships with the patient and the need for a client-oriented approach to developing treatment plans and strategies for different types of dental patients. In the future, based on the study results, we find it necessary to elaborate more specific criteria for assessing personality characteristics of patients which determine their ability to comply with the doctor’s recommendations. The dentist should not expect the success of their work without applying individual psychological approach to each particular patient. This knowledge means to help in further prognosis of the prescribed treatment and also can make the treatment more personalized and prevent non-compliance complications.

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Abbreviations

SMU:

First Saint Petersburg State Medical University

PMA:

papillary marginal alveolar index

LSC:

level of subjective control test

OHI-S:

index of Greene–Vermilion

WHO:

World Health Organization

CPITN:

community periodontal index of treatment needs

PQBI:

Personal Questionnaire of the Bekhterev Institute

ITQ:

Individual Typological Questionnaire by L.N. Sobchick

ICT :

information and communication technologies

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Denis Kudriavtsev for translating the manuscript. We thank Ksenia Iskrenko and Vladimir Volokhonsky for their invaluable contribution in the data collection and analysis. We also thank the City Periodontology Center “PAKS” for funding this research and work on the manuscript preparation and as a source of funding for all authors.

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  1. Therapeutic Dentistry and Periodontology Department, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Vadim V. Tachalov & Tatyana V. Kudryavtseva

  2. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Vadim V. Tachalov

  3. City Periodontology Center “PAKS”, Dobrolubova prospect, 27, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Lyudmila Y. Orekhova & Ekaterina S. Loboda

  4. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Department of General and Clinical Psychology, 6/8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Elena R. Isaeva

  5. Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, 6/8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Evgenya V. Sitkina

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VT made a substantial contribution to the development of the concept and design, collection of data, and analysis and interpretation of data; participated in the drafting and revision of the manuscript; provided the final approval of its version to be published; and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work to ensure that issues related to the accuracy or integrity of any of its parts are appropriately addressed.

LO participated in revising the content of the manuscript critically, provided the final approval of its version to be published, conceived the study, participated in study design and coordination, and helped with drafting the manuscript.

TK participated in drafting the manuscript, collection of data, and study design and coordination and helped with drafting the manuscript.

EI provided data analysis and interpretation, revised the content of the manuscript critically, participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis, and helped with drafting the manuscript.

EL was responsible for data collection, participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis, and helped with drafting the manuscript.

ES contributed to the concept and design, analysis, and interpretation of data; participated in developing the manuscript and making corrections or critical criticism for important intellectual content; and helped to draft the manuscript.

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All procedures performed in the study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Our study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the First Pavlov State Medical University of Saint Petersburg #01-2017. All the patients were informed about the purposes of the study and have signed their “consent of the patient.”

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All individuals were informed about the purposes of the study and have signed their consent for publishing the data. Patients were informed about the purposes of the study and have signed their consent for publishing the data.

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Tachalov, V.V., Orekhova, L.Y., Isaeva, E.R. et al. Characteristics of dental patients determining their compliance level in dentistry: relevance for predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine. EPMA Journal 9, 379–385 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13167-018-0152-8

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