title: Autoextraction of twelve permanent teeth in a child with autistic spectrum disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This report discusses self-injurious behaviour; this is not unusual in people with autistic spectrum disorders but is not commonly experienced as autoextraction.
  
  
  METHODS
  This case concerns a 12 year old child who presented as a new patient with two teeth missing. He then went on to remove a further ten teeth over a relatively short space of time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The recognition of autoextraction by the dental team is important. its management involves a multidisciplinary team which includes professionals from education, health and social care who work together to prevent progressive self-injury.
authors: Poole Community Health Clinic, Poole, UK.
authors: Anne C
authors: AC
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous