Psychosomatic Medicine, Orality and Disorders of the Oral Cavity Related to Psychoemotional Factors

Oral Health Impact Profile Scale Applied to Periodontal Disease: Relationship with Sociodemographic Variables in General Population and Clinic Samples from Monterrey, Mexico

“…It is suggested to inquire about the possible effect of a psychosomatic factor as a cause of the sample-marital status interaction. The hypothesis is that psychosomatic factor affects more the married patients in their consultation by periodontal symptoms, maybe as consequences of problems of couple and/or family [25].…”

“…Taking into account the significant interaction between marital status and the type of sample, the significant difference between married persons of the GPS and the married persons of the DCS could be interpreted as a possible indicator of somatization in the broad sense currently used, namely amplification of a physical disorder due to psychological factors [24]. This meaning does not imply the more restricted sense of conflict due to frustration of dependency needs (somatization of sadistic-oral impulses), used by psychoanalysis [25]. This is formulated as a hypothesis, since there is a lack of qualitative or quantitative data to support it.…”