The need for psychiatric-dental liaison in the treatment of bulimia.
During dental examinations 38% of 66 outpatients with bulimia were found to have evidence of significant enamel erosion, and chronicity of vomiting was significantly associated with erosion. Liaison with colleagues in dentistry is necessary when working with bulimic patients.
Simmons
M S
MS
Grayden
S K
SK
Mitchell
J E
JE
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000473:pathology; D003813:Dentistry; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000209:etiology*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications