Psychological approaches to the treatment of dental patients: therapeutic alliance and psychotypes of outpatients

Psychotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of dental patients studies therapeutic alliance and psychotypes of outpatients. All doctors repeatedly deal with difficult patients who are demonstrative and intrusive, anxious and sensitive, assertive and impudent, thorough and taciturn, demanding and completely indifferent and finally, just weird, requiring obviously unnecessary treatment and expensive prosthetics. Lately Russian professionals working in the field of interpersonal relationships are getting more interested in interpersonal communication psychology. Today many dentists are trying to reveal the essence of the patient's psychological problems and work individually while choosing treatment methods. Knowing the characteristics of a patient allows the doctor timely smooth out the controversy, facilitate psycho-traumatic factor of treatment and prevent iatrogenesis. The doctor must know the characteristics of each patient and take them into account when developing a treatment strategy. This will minimize the destructive psychosomatic conditions that can disrupt the treatment process.