title: Psychosomatic dental disease: is mental stress in adults followed by acute dental caries in all racial groups?
abstract: The following data indicate that the onset of acute dental circles in adults, following severe mental stress, is seen not only in people of European stock but also in Polynesians and Micronesians. This suggests that this reaction to stress might occur in all races.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D044469:Racial Groups; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D044465:White People