ArticleBDJ open2023
Quality of life, mentalization, and perception of challenging patient encounters in dentistry: A cross-sectional study.
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- Association Between Patient Behavior and Clinician Emotional Burden, Perceived Performance, and Decision-Making in Implant Dentistry: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Clinicians.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Assessing mentalizing beyond personality pathology: exploring the psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the CAMSQ and its associations with personality traits and well-being.Current issues in personality psychology · 2026Article
- Patients' Satisfaction Regarding Oral Healthcare Services in the North-East Region of Romania: A Preliminary Questionnaire Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigated how exposure to challenging patient encounters influenced participants' self-reported quality of life, and how participants' mentalization capabilities affected the perceptions of challenging patients encounters among Norwegian dentists and dental students. MATERIALS AND
methodsData was collected with an online questionnaire, and a total of 165 dentists (n = 126) and dental students (n = 39) responded.
resultsParticipants who reported higher total exposure of challenging encounters reported lower quality of life (QoL). Mentalization tendencies affected the perception of challenging encounters with specific types of patients; critical and anxious; as well as the estimation of the total exposure to challenging patient encounters. Participants that were overconfident with regards to the mental states of others found these patient types less challenging and they reported less overall exposure to challenging patients than underconfident participants. Also, overconfident participants reported higher QoL than underconfident participants.
conclusionsMentalization capabilities of dental practitioners interact with the perception of challenging encounters in dental practice, and how practitioners respond to these challenges. Measures should be undertaken to increase the awareness of metacognitive skills in dentistry with the dual goal of improving patient care as well as the quality of life of dental practitioners.
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