Oral Parafunctional Habits in Individuals with The Extravert Personality Type

OBJECTIVES: To find the association of extraversion personality traits with oral parafunctional habits. METHODOLOGY: A Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 200 individuals in College Dentistry, Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, over 5 months from July to November 2021. Data collected using a pre-validated medical questionnaire ten-item inventory scale (TIPI). The sampling technique used Convenience sampling. sample size calculated help WHO determination software. RESULTS: There statistically significant difference scores across habit group nail-biting (p= 0.007). In contrast, that for tooth grinding (0.114), clenching (0.076), biting hard objects (0.74) chewing gum 0.659) non-significant. highest mean rank score trait found who strongly agreed have (129.23), (153.63), (142.61) (12.07). (107.28) disagreed having habit. CONCLUSION: nail-biting, grinding, objects.