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significant impact of treatment on self-esteem, social behavior and aesthetics. Men reported significantly larger effects on aesthetics and self-esteem compared to women, and individuals with a higher educational level reported larger effects on aesthetics and social behavior 8. Papadaki and Anastassiadou (2011) evaluated the effects of treatment with complete conventional dentures in 80 patients. There were significant correlations between aesthetics of the teeth, speech problems, chewing problems and pain and the item ‘going out in public’. Younger people (-65y) had more problems in accepting tooth loss, but were more eager to talk about dental problems with friends or their dentist compared to older people 9. Heydecke et al. (2005), finally, investigated the impact of conventional prostheses and implant retained overdentures in the mandible on social and sexual activities. Both treatments had significant effects on the items ‘avoiding conversations’, ‘declining invitations’ and ‘avoiding sport activities’, but implant retention enhanced social and sexual activities 10. Different kinds of rehabilitation have different effects on quality of life and social participation. It is obvious that the impact on quality of life and social participation is more expressed in patients undergoing full denture treatment as shown by Van Lierde and coworkers 11. In this study the satisfaction of single- tooth implant group measured on a visual analog scale was 100% followed by a satisfaction of 87% for the fixed implant prosthesis group (full denture) and 68% for the removable prosthesis group (full denture).
Personality is the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that influences our interaction with and adaptation to intrapsychic, physical and social environments 12. Personality traits help to describe differences among people and contribute to our prediction of individuals’ future behavior. There is agreement among personality psychologists that five main dimensions, called the Five-Factor Model (FFM) traits, are the largest common denominator to describe personality differences among individuals. The FFM consists of five broad dimensions, commonly labelled as Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience and Emotional Stability 13. The dimensions of Extraversion and Agreeableness refer to individual differences in respectively the frequency and quality of social interaction. Extraversion groups traits such as warmth, assertiveness, activity, positive emotions, sociability and excitement-seeking 13, and people with high scores enjoy social attention and feel at ease in social situations 14,15. Agreeableness refers to traits such as trust,































































































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