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Case Reports
. 1997 May;18(5):430-3, 436, 438 passim.

Psychogenic gagging: identification and treatment recommendations

R M Saunders  1 , J Cameron
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  • PMID: 9533356
Case Reports

Psychogenic gagging: identification and treatment recommendations

R M Saunders et al. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 1997 May.

Abstract

Uncontrollable disruptive gagging makes most dental procedures impossible to perform. Well-intentioned interventions by dentists often fail because of the inability to differentiate between psychogenic disruptive gagging and disruptive gagging of somatic origin. To help the clinician differentiate the diagnosis and management of somatogenic disruptive gagging from the psychogenic form, a review of the pertinent literature, diagnostic criteria, treatment recommendations, and a clinical case of psychogenic disruptive gagging are presented.

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