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Prevalence of Bruxism and Oral Lesions in Psychiatric Patients-A Survey


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1 Jalandhar, India
2 Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Dental College and Hospital, Barwala, Panchkula, India
3 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India
4 Chandigarh, India
5 Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SGT Dental College, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
 

As oral cavity is an integral part of general health, persistent and unrelenting stress often becomes a danger affecting the oral health and overall health causing various psychosomatic disorders. Present study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and bruxism in psychiatric patients dependent on psychotropic drugs. Dental examination was done and questionnaire administered to 150 psychiatric patients and 150 control participants. In dental examination recurrent apthous stomatitis, burning mouth syndrome, oral lichen planus, bruxism, temporomandibular disorders were evaluated. Results showed that psychiatric patients had higher prevalence of bruxism, oral mucosal lesions in general, than the control group.

Keywords

Apthous Stomatitis, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Oral Lichen Planus, Bruxism.
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Authors

H. Kaur
Jalandhar, India
Swati
Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Dental College and Hospital, Barwala, Panchkula, India
N. Puri
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India
A. Vashist
Chandigarh, India
H. P. Singh
Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Dental College and Hospital, Barwala, Panchkula, India
I. Gupta
Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SGT Dental College, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Abstract


As oral cavity is an integral part of general health, persistent and unrelenting stress often becomes a danger affecting the oral health and overall health causing various psychosomatic disorders. Present study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and bruxism in psychiatric patients dependent on psychotropic drugs. Dental examination was done and questionnaire administered to 150 psychiatric patients and 150 control participants. In dental examination recurrent apthous stomatitis, burning mouth syndrome, oral lichen planus, bruxism, temporomandibular disorders were evaluated. Results showed that psychiatric patients had higher prevalence of bruxism, oral mucosal lesions in general, than the control group.

Keywords


Apthous Stomatitis, Burning Mouth Syndrome, Oral Lichen Planus, Bruxism.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2012%2F86756