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Disease, Disorder, and Disability
Often, terms such as disease, disorder, disability, and medical condition are interchangeably used. A clear understanding of the meaning of these...
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Peripheral muscle oxygenation and symptoms of stress in adolescents with and without temporomandibular disorder
ObjectiveTo compare peripheral muscle oxygenation levels and the prevalence of psychological stress in adolescents with and without temporomandibular...
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Neuropsychiatry Diseases
Schizophrenia is known as a disorder with a high prevalence in adolescents. Schizophrenia is characterized by positive symptoms such as...
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Medical Comorbidities of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Proper sleep is necessary for the body to maintain homeostasis. Sleep disorders are associated with physiological and psychological medical...
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Eating disorders and the role of the dental team
Although primarily classified as psychiatric disorders, eating disorders have a complex aetiology and presentation, with comorbidities spanning...
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Impact of AI in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
This chapter explores the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the domain of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA, a prevalent sleep...
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Pregnancy related factors and temporomandibular disorders evaluated through the diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (DC/TMD) axis II: a cross sectional study
IntroductionTemporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a multifaceted condition impacting the chewing system, with its frequency varying across different...
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Feeding and Eating Disorders: Behaviours That Adversely Impact Oral Health
Dental professionals are likely to encounter patients who have eating disorders. This chapter explains the various types of eating disorder as well...
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Body dysmorphic disorder and facial aesthetic treatments in dental practice
There is a relatively high prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and it is known that this patient group regularly and frequently visit dental...
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Pharmacology of Psychiatric and Neurologic Drugs
Neurological and psychiatric disorders encompass a diverse range of disabling conditions. Collectively, these diseases are increasingly recognized as...
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People with Mental Disorders in the Dental Clinic
People with mental disorders have poorer oral health than the rest of the population and, as such, have an increased need for dental care. Oral...
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Barriers to oral care: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA)
BackgroundOral health plays a role in overall health, indicating the need to identify barriers to accessing oral care. The objective of this study...
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Pathology of Organ Systems of the Body
Oral health is an integral part of general health. Most oral diseases and conditions share modifiable risk factors with the leading non-communicable...
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Current Classification of Sleep Disorders
The field of sleep medicine is rapidly evolving with respect to diagnosis and treatment options for sleep disorders. The new ICSD-3 expands on...
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Psychological Theories of Pain
While pain has traditionally been understood within a medical model that equates pain to tissue damage or disease, this understanding is not...
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Where do you live? North versus Central-South differences in relation to Italian patients with oral lichen planus: a cross-sectional study from the SIPMO (Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine)
BackgroundOral lichen planus (OLP) is an immune-mediated inflammatory chronic disease of the oral mucosa, with different patterns of clinical...
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Areca Nut Addiction: Tools to Assess Addiction
Areca nut is one of the most widely used psycho active substances in the world. A dependancy syndrome to areca nut has been proposed but whether it...
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Correlating estrogen replacement therapy and temporomandibular disorders: a comprehensive review following PRISMA principles and cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions
BackgroundEstrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is a common hormonal treatment for postmenopausal women, aimed at alleviating menopausal symptoms and...
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The role of the clinical psychologist within a cleft service
Clinical psychologists are core members of UK cleft services. This paper outlines the variety of ways in which clinical psychologists work across the...
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic in patients with a diagnosis of Oral Lichen Planus: Pain perception and psychological profile analysis
ObjectivesTo assess the impact of COVID-19 in patients affected by OLP, in terms of level of pain, stress, depression and anxiety and their impact on...