Pain in oral galvanism

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Abstract
And in intraoral sensitivity threshold was found between patients and controls: patients with oral galvanism were mentally more disturbed and had a lower sensibility threshold than those in the control group. There was no statistical difference in electrical currents, potential or energy capacity in the dental metallic restorations between patients and controls. The frequency of allergies and oral candida infection was similar to that of a normal population. The possibility of exposure to mercury was excluded through a head hair analysis. The psychic background of complaints and findings is emphasized and a hypothesis for the mechanism giving rise to discomfort is presented. Correspondence to: G. Hampf, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 172, SF-00280 Helsinki 28, Finland. (Received 9 September 1986; accepted 18 November 1986.( © Lippincott-Raven Publishers....