title: The study of role of stress in children with behavior disorders and orofacial lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  (1) To study the behavior disorders in children between 5 to 15 years. (2) To study the role of stress in causing behavior disorders. (3) To interpret the orofacial findings in children with behavior disorders. (4) Correlate the orofacial findings with behavior disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninty children with behavior problems between age of 5 to 15 years along with their parents who visited the Department of Child-Guidance Clinic, BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai. Intraoral examinations were conducted. Behavioral disorders and factors predisposing to those disorders were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Behavior disorders with orofacial lesions was more common in age group of 8 to 10 years. The children were continuously under stress, which manifested in the form of various orofacial disorders or oral lesions. Most common orofacial condition was bruxism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Awareness of behavior disorders in dental treatment should guide the pediatric dentist to seek child psychiatric consultation for behavioral disorders to enable early evaluation of the underlying disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study suggested that orofacial and behavior characteristics can serve as markers to diagnose children with behavioral disorders. It also serves as a guide to dental clinicians to refer such children to psychiatrists or pediatricians for early identification, prevention and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dental Sciences, KIMSDU, Karad, Satara, Maharashtra, India. rajendrabaad@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Baad
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jagtap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002012:Bruxism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006560:Herpes Labialis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*