The need for psychiatric-dental liaison in the treatment of bulimia
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 143 (6) , 783-784
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.6.783
Abstract
During dental examinations 38% of 66 outpatients with bulimia were found to have evidence of significant enamel erosion, and chronicity of vomiting was significantly associated with erosion. Liaison with colleagues in dentistry is necessary when working with bulimic patients.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Perimolysis: Unveiling the surreptitious vomiterOral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1981