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. 1994 Jul;23(6):273-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1994.tb00058.x.

Oro-dental self-mutilation in familial dysautonomia

E Mass  1 , N Gadoth
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Oro-dental self-mutilation in familial dysautonomia

E Mass et al. J Oral Pathol Med. 1994 Jul.

Abstract

Orodental self-mutilation (ODSM) has not gained sufficient recognition in familial dysautonomia (FD). Among 38 patients with FD, ODSM was found in 14 (36.8%). ODSM may be due to peripheral neuropathy with insensibility to pain, which is characteristic of FD. Elimination of the sharp edges of teeth was found to be helpful.

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