The Complaint of Oral MalodorPossible Psychopathological Aspects
作者:
Ilana Eli,
Roni Baht,
Avital Kozlovsky,
Mel Rosenberg,
期刊:
Psychosomatic Medicine
(OVID Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 58,
issue 2
页码: 156-159
ISSN:0033-3174
年代: 1996
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Oral malodor (halitosis) is a common concern in Western society.As with other human perceptions, emotional as well as cognitive variables play a major role in one's sensation and complaint. To study factors potentially associated with the complaint of oral malodor, periodontal and psychological evaluations were carried out on 38 subjects (66% female, mean age 43 years) with a complaint of oral malodor. Subjects underwent evaluation of their periodontal status, odor evaluation by an odor judge, and psychopathological symptom survey by means of the SCL-90 questionnaire. The patient's self-rating of oral odor was significantly higher than the evaluation of an objective odor judge and was not associated with their periodontal status. The SCL-90 profile of subjects was relatively higher than that of an age- and gender-matched reference group of dental patients. The results suggest that the complaint of oral malodor may be related to psychopathological symptoms as recorded by the SCL-90 questionnaire.
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