1Clinical Practitioner, Jalandhar
2Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Dental College and Hospital Barwala, Panchkula, India
3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dasmesh Institute of Research and Dental Sciences Faridkot, Punjab, India
4Community Dentistry Clinical Practitioner, Chandigarh
5Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Swami Devi Dyal Dental College and Hospital Barwala, Panchkula, India
6Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SGT Dental College Gurgaon, Haryana, India
As oral cavity is an integral part of general health, persistent and unrelenting stress often becomes a danger affecting the oral health and overall health causing various psychosomatic disorders. Present study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and bruxism in psychiatric patients dependent on psychotropic drugs. Dental examination was done and questionnaire administered to 150 psychiatric patients and 150 control participants. In dental examination recurrent apthous stomatitis, burning mouth syndrome, oral lichen planus, bruxism, temporomandibular disorders were evaluated. Results showed that psychiatric patients had higher prevalence ofbruxism, oral mucosal lesions in general, than the control group.
Apthous stomatitis, Burning mouth syndrome, Oral lichen planus, Bruxism
