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The objective was to analyze the relationship between oral health conditions and personality traits in adult patients who underwent dental treatment at the Center for Health Studies and Services. Methods: This was a descriptive, observational, and correlational study, carried out at the Center for Health Studies and Services. A total of 184 patients who attended the dentistry area in the period from October 2022 to May 2023 participated in the study, of which 59.78% were women and 40.21% men. The age of the population was 18 to 79 years, with the age range of 21\u201340 years being the most prevalent (48.37%). Results: The results show that although the hygiene of the population treated was good (0.77 \u00b1 0.79) and that the perception of oral health was positive (14.34 \u00b1 9.43), the means and percentages of oral pathologies and parafunctional habits were high (i.e., DMFT: 9.98 \u00b1 5.40; attrition: 87.50%; onychophagia: 45.10%). It is noteworthy that both the correlation, network, multiple line regression, and logistic regression analyses showed associations of the personality, gender, and age variables with a history of caries and oral hygiene as well as with parafunctional habits. 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