Abstract
Dental instructors are equipped with the fundamental dental knowledge and expertise to efficiently supervise dental students for managing their patients in the undergraduate dental school clinics. However, they do not have the basic knowledge for identifying and managing patients with Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) at chairside prior to initiating the dental treatment. Lack of such knowledge is a major reason for problems in diagnosis and management of these dental patients which could result in repeated, ineffective dental treatments, such as dental filling, root canal, or even extraction. The aim of this review is to promote awareness among new generations of dental instructors of the need to acquire the basic knowledge about SSD. Several recommendations are made to assist dental instructors in gaining the essential knowledge for assisting dental students at chairside in identifying and managing dental patients with such psychiatric disorder.
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