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different Disciplines of Dentistry  \n1Yousef H Al-Dlaigan, 2Albatool S Alahmari, 3Sara H Almubarak, 4Sahar A Alateeq, 5Sukumaran Anil  \nABSTRACT  \nAim: The purpose of this study was to determine the most common personality type among dentists in seven selected clinical dentistry specialties using the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and to compare between these different types of personalities. Materials and methods: A survey containing the MBTI and demographic and practice questions was used to assess the personality styles of 243 dental specialists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The survey results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The results of the MBTI for 243 specialist dentists revealed, generally, a higher percentage of scoring for introversion (I) with an average of 65% than extroversion (E). The study identified 10 common personality types among these specialists: ISTJ, ISFJ, INFJ, ISTP, INFP, INTP, ENFP, ENTP, ENFJ, and ENTJ (extraversion–introversion (E–I), sensing–intuition (S–N), thinking–feeling (T–F), and judging–perception (J–P)) . The dominant personality type in all seven clinical specialties in dentistry was ISTJ, with an average of 54% .  \nConclusion: The personality types showed variation among the seven clinical dentistry specialties. However, among these seven clinician’s specialties in dentistry, more than 50% of the individuals shared one common type of personality (ISTJ) . Clinical significance: The identification of the personality type might help in their association with coworkers, students, and patients as well as knowing the individual preferences toward different specialties in dentistry.  \nKeywords: Interdisciplinary, Personality, Psychology, Specialty choice.  \n1Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  \n2-4 Internship Unit, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  \n5Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  \nCorresponding Author: Yousef H Al-Dlaigan, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, e-mail: [codriyadh@gmail.com](codriyadh@gmail.com)  \nHow to cite this article: Al-Dlaigan YH, Alahmari AS, Almubarak SH, Alateeq SA, Anil S. Study on Personality Types of Dentists in different Disciplines of Dentistry. J Contemp Dent Pract 2017;18(7):554-558 .  \nSource of support: Nil  \nConflict of interest: None  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIndividual differences in thoughts, feelings, and behavior are one of the most remarkable features of human nature.1 “Personality consists of an individual’s native traits modified or accentuated by his training and environment. Personality is the result of the traits he possesses at birth plus his experiences through life.” The Myers– Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) denotes a self-disclosure of personality trait developed by Myers et al.2 It combines four directions of preferences of an individual to reach the type of personality. These four MBTI dimensions are extraversion–introversion (E–I), sensing–intuition (S–N), thinking–feeling (T–F), and judging–perception (J–P). The MBTI was coined to evaluate the personality types based on Jung’s philosophy.3 Based on this, individuals have four basic “mental attitudes” and “mental functions.”These attitudes and functions comprise the T or F of an individual, which collectively form personality profile for that person. The opposing attitudes include “E–I”and “judging vs perceiving.” Intuition as well as T vs F form the opposing mental functions. Taken altogether, the mental attitudes and functions combine to generate 16 MBTI personality types.4  \nSeveral studies h","cbCaijyAOvs62DYg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijyAOvs62DYg","pdf",477599,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Materials and Methods","[{\"question\":\"What was the study’s main objective?\",\"answer\":\"To identify the most common personality type among dentists in seven clinical dentistry specialties using MBTI and to compare differences across these specialties.\"},{\"question\":\"How was personality assessed in the study?\",\"answer\":\"A survey combining the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with demographic and practice questions was used to evaluate 243 dental specialists.\"},{\"question\":\"Which MBTI personality type was most common among the specialties?\",\"answer\":\"ISTJ was the dominant personality type across all seven clinical specialties, with an average of 54%, and more than 50% of individuals shared this common type.\"}]","Study on Personality Types of Dentists in different Disciplines of Dentistry | PDF"]