Relationship between eating disorders and pain levels before and after implantation with personality type 

Abstract

Background In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between eating disorders and pain levels before and after implantation in dental patients. Methods A pre-implant and post-implant questionnaire was applied to 223 patients who applied to Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University and underwent implant application. Personal information form, Rezz Eating Disorders Scale and Five Factor Personality Types Scale were applied to the patients in the survey application. Results Extroversion and neuroticism personality type levels of patients were significantly higher after implant (p<0.05). Pain, eating disorder and other personality type differences between before and after implant were statistically insignificant (p>0.05). Before implant, pain level was positively correlated with eating disorder (r=0.190; p<0.01) and negatively correlated with self-control (r=-0.169; p<0.01). Eating disorder level was positively correlated with pain (r=0.190; p<0.01); negatively correlated with extroversion (r=-0.187; p<0.01) and self-control (r=-0.178; p<0.01). After implant, pain level was negatively correlated with neuroticism (r=-0.140; p<0.05) and openness to experience (r=-0.136; p<0.05). Eating disorder level was negatively correlated with extroversion (r=-0.237; p<0.01), self-control (r=-0.151; p<0.05) and neuroticism (r=-0.187; p<0.01). Extroversion personality type level had significant and negative effect on eating disorder after implant at multivariate level (B=-0.43; p<0.01). Conclusions After the implant, psychological support can be given to improve the extrovert personality structures in order to reduce the eating disorder levels of the patients and to prevent the possibility of eating disorders.