Bulimia: implications for the practising dentist.
The incidence of eating disorders appears to be increasing, with the dental practitioner potentially being the first healthcare worker to make a diagnosis, due to the characteristic dental signs of tooth substance loss. It is therefore important that members of the dental team are aware of the dental sequelae of anorexia and bulimia and are able to offer advice and treatment to sufferers.
Burke
F J
FJ
University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
Bell
T J
TJ
Ismail
N
N
Hartley
P
P
D000855:Anorexia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000209:etiology