1999 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 243-249
In the dental field, there are various symptoms, problems or conditions that need to be dealt with by psychosomatic measures. These include glossalgia, temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome, chronic pain, polysurgery, oral dysodia (subjective halitosis) , dental fearful patients, faintihg 'fit, psychological problems and problems related to dental treatment in children, Iiaison consultation between psychodiagnosis medicine and psychiatry, dental treatment of insane patients such as schizophrenics who are likely to make unusual complaints or show problem behaviors, unfit dentures, and education of occlusion to treat patients with arthrosis of the TMJ as well as to improve the health of the whole person. It has been proposed that in the twenty-first century, dentists should be educated so as to properly deal with psychosomatic probiems in the hope that unhealthiness in mind and body due to unsatisfactory chewing, which is one of the bad habits caused by a modern lifestyle, can be improved by dental treatment.
