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Oro‐dental self‐mutilation in familial dysautonomia
Author(s) -
Mass Eliyahu,
Gadoth Natan
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1994.tb00058.x
Subject(s) - familial dysautonomia , dysautonomia , medicine , dentistry , pathology , psychiatry , disease
Orodental self‐mutilation (ODSM) has not gained sufficient recognition in familial dysautonomia (FD). Among 38 patients with FD, ODSM was found in 14 (36.8%). ODSM may be due to peripheral neuropathy with insensibility to pain, which is characteristic of FD. Elimination of the sharp edges of teeth was found to be helpful.