[Dental and periodontal sequelae of bulimia nervosa].
Twenty-eight women with established bulimia nervosa according to the US psychiatric diagnostic criteria DSM III R with periods of morbidly increased appetite and vomiting, as well as 35 psychically and somatically healthy women were subjected to dental examination. The bulimic patients revealed a significantly poorer dental status (DMFS rate) than the control group. Within the patient group a deterioration of the DMFS rate was observed parallel with an increase in the frequency of vomiting and bulimic attacks, in sugar consumption and duration of the disease, as well as a decrease in salivary flow. Causes and implications for treatment and prevention are discussed.
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Psychosomatische Klinik Roseneck, Prien.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications*; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
Dentale und parodontale Folgeschäden bei Bulimia nervosa.