審美障害を主訴とする患者の心身医学的側面について

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify psychosomatic aspects of patients whose chief complaints were esthetic dissatisfaction with their teeth. Cornell Medical Index (CMI) test scores of three patient groups were compared. Three patient groups were the patients with esthetic dissatisfaction, the patients with stomatognathic dysfunction, and the patients who asked for prosthetic treatment without esthetic dissatisfaction and stomatognathic dysfunction.The results obtained were as aollows:1. In section Q (questions about Anger), the CMI score of the patients with esthetic dissatisfaction was significantly higher than that of the patients who asked for prosthetic treatment without esthetic dissatisfaction and stomatognathic dysfunction.2. In the sum of sections CIJ, M-R, and A-R, CMI scores of the patients with esthetic dissatisfaction were significantly lower than those of the patients with stomatognathic dysfunction.