Prevention of self‐inflicted trauma: dental intervention to prevent chronic lip chewing by a patient with a diagnosis of progressive bulbar palsy
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Special Care in Dentistry
- Vol. 8 (1) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.1988.tb00683.x
Abstract
An appliance is used as a beginning in the prevention of self‐mutilative oral behavior. The patient in the case reported here required a quick solution to a severe problem of self‐inflicted trauma. The design presented here can be improved on or an altogether new approach may be developed.Keywords
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