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Psychosomatic Medicine 15:168-173 (1953)
© 1953 American Psychosomatic Society

The Psychosomatic Concept in Dentistry

GEORGE L. ROSS M.D.1, HARRIET J. BENTLEY Ph.D.2, and GEORGE W. GREENE JR. D.D.S.3

1 Chief, Neuropsychiatric Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2 Clinical Psychologist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
3 On Detached Service, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D. C.

This paper presents the case report and psychodynamics of an accident-prone infantile personality in dental treatment for numerous bizarre subluxations of the jaw, which recurred even after surgical removal of the condyles, who finally blinds himself. A study such as this one points to the urgent need for psychiatric orientation in dentistry.

Note:
Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

Submitted on July 30, 1951






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