PREVENTING FACTITIOUS GINGIVAL INJURY IN AN AUTISTIC PATIENT

Authors
JOHNSON CD MATT MK DENNISON D BROWN RS KOH S
Citation
Cd. Johnson et al., PREVENTING FACTITIOUS GINGIVAL INJURY IN AN AUTISTIC PATIENT, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(2), 1996, pp. 244-247
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
127
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
244 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1996)127:2<244:PFGIIA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 34-year-old man with a history of autism developed a deep gingival c left. During clinical evaluation, the patient repeatedly scraped the a ffected area with his fingernail. The lesion's clinical features were consistent with focal inflammatory hyperplasia, periodontal disease an d factitious stomatitis. This article describes the case and discusses diagnostic and behavioral issues important in treating any patient wh ose mental age is impaired.