Citation
E. Mass et N. Gadoth, ORO-DENTAL SELF-MUTILATION IN FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA, Journal of oral pathology & medicine, 23(6), 1994, pp. 273-276
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ISSN journal
09042512
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
273 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0904-2512(1994)23:6<273:OSIFD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Orodental self-mutilation (ODSM) has not gained sufficient recognition
in familial dysautonomia (FD). Among 38 patients with FD, ODSM was fo
und in 14 (36.8%). ODSM may be due to peripheral neuropathy with insen
sibility to pain, which is characteristic of FD. Elimination of the sh
arp edges of teeth was found to be helpful.