Open AccessPeriodontal Health among Non- Hospitalized Chronic Psychiatric Patients in Mangaluru City-India
Author(s) -
Shreya Nayak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19501.8248
Subject(s) - medicine , gingivitis , psychiatry , mood , chronic periodontitis , periodontal disease , dentistry , periodontitis
A substantial section of society constituting the mentally ill and psychiatric patients deserve special attention. Evidence has suggested that psychological factors have contributed to an increase in the susceptibility to periodontal disease.