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Depressive neurosis is depression with a psychogenic cause. It is characterized by anorexia, polyphagia, dyssomnias, poor concentration, enervation and desperation.
Pericoronitis arises through discordant development of the teeth and jaw. It is thought that food residue more easily causes inflammation when the gingival trough is wider and deeper in the lower wisdom tooth.
A 28-year-old male complaining of toothache was referred to our out-patient clinic by his internist of psychosomatic medicine.
The patient had been under treatment for depressive neurosis at the department of internal psychosomatic medicine in our hospital since the age of 26. After receiving therapy for dental caries, he came to our out-patient clinic voluntarily for his pericoronitis. We first consulted with the psychiatrists, who assured us that he would be able to undergo the surgical procedure. We extracted the wisdom tooth under general anesthesia.
