Abstract
We obtained the following results about 139 patients referred by the psychiatry department in our hospital.
1) These 139 patients accounted for 1.33% of entire out patients in the period of five years and seven months from January 1995 to July 2000.
2) As for a psychiatry diagnosis, there were schizophrenia of 46 cases (33.1%), manic-depressive psychosis of 44 cases (31.7%), and organic neuropathy of 16 cases (13.7%).
3) As a result of our strict examination, these cases were classified into the dental disease of 107 cases (77.0%), the normal state of 16 cases (11.5%), and the maxillofacial disease of 16 cases (11.5%).
4) In the course of our treatment, the maxillofacial disease of 2 cases (each psychiatry diagnosis of schizophrenia and dissociative disorder) committed suicide.
To avoid an accident or incident in the psychotic patient, we should do a careful observation of the mental status more than other medically compromised patient.
