ABSTRACT
Purpose of the Study: The purpose was to analyze and classify behavioral pattern of complete denture patients and to identify difficult patients. Materials and Methods: Fifty complete denture patients were randomly selected for the study. Their behavioral pattern was categorized using House classification as philosophic, indifferent, exacting and hysterical. The above behavioral classification was based on two methods namely interview and questionnaire and graphoanalysis. Accuracy of the above-mentioned two methods in predicting behavior of complete denture patients was statistically evaluated. Results: On analyzing the data it was found that a significant correlation exists between handwriting pattern and behavior of an individual. Further it was noticed that chances of identifying difficult patients such as hysterical was more effective by employing graphoanalysis than questionnaire and interview method. Conclusion: Graphoanalysis in addition with properly structured interview and questionnaire is useful in evaluation of behavior of an individual especially for recognizing difficult patients.
Subject(s)
Attitude , Dentist-Patient Relations , Denture, Complete/psychology , Handwriting , Humans , Hysteria/psychology , Interviews as Topic , Motivation , Personal Satisfaction , Personality , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Understanding mental attitude is one of the most important factor in the diagnosis of prosthodontic patients. Prosthodontist must fully understand their patients as it helps the patients to accept the kind of treatment they need. As a correlation exists between emotional state and handwriting, therefore, using the concept of graphoanalysis in complete denture patient, they were categorized based on their handwriting analysis into having realistic or unrealistic expectations thereby, helping dentists in dealing with their patients better.