title: Reported symptoms, diseases, and medication of patients with orofacial discomfort complaints.
abstract: This paper is a part of a series of studies of 113 patients with orofacial and general complaints which they assumed were caused by metallic dental restorations and/or oral galvanic currents. An extensive case history was taken by means of a questionnaire and an interview. The results showed that the patients reported widely varying symptoms, both oral and general, such that the polysymptomatic character of the patients cannot be explained by a single etiologic factor. It is probable that many general factors, besides oral findings, alone or in combination, e.g. general health problems, side effects of medication, psycho-social problems including stressful life events, and complications due to the chronicity of pain, may be associated with the oral and general complaints of these patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000009:adverse effects*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004570:Electrogalvanism, Intraoral; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam