TY - JOUR
T1 - Teeth, vomiting and diet
T2 - a study of the dental characteristics of seventeen anorexia nervosa patients
AU - Hurst, P. S.
AU - Lacey, J. H.
AU - Crisp, A. H.
PY - 1977
Y1 - 1977
N2 - Seventeen anorexia nervosa patients were examined dentally and their dietary histories and eating habits studied. Analysis of the data confirmed earlier observations of characteristic dental deterioration associated with anorexia nervosa. The deterioration included a pattern of enamel dissolution in cases of vomiting, regurgitation, and/or the consumption of large amounts of citrus fruits; and an altered caries response due to abnormal carbohydrate consumption. Despite the patient's probably insistent denial of 'anorectic' eating habits, the general practitioner should consider the existence of anorexia nervosa in the presence of such abnormal features, especially in young women. The relationship of these findings to larger populations with similar eating habits is discussed.
AB - Seventeen anorexia nervosa patients were examined dentally and their dietary histories and eating habits studied. Analysis of the data confirmed earlier observations of characteristic dental deterioration associated with anorexia nervosa. The deterioration included a pattern of enamel dissolution in cases of vomiting, regurgitation, and/or the consumption of large amounts of citrus fruits; and an altered caries response due to abnormal carbohydrate consumption. Despite the patient's probably insistent denial of 'anorectic' eating habits, the general practitioner should consider the existence of anorexia nervosa in the presence of such abnormal features, especially in young women. The relationship of these findings to larger populations with similar eating habits is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1136/pgmj.53.620.298
DO - 10.1136/pgmj.53.620.298
M3 - Article
C2 - 887527
AN - SCOPUS:0017687384
SN - 0032-5473
VL - 53
SP - 298
EP - 305
JO - Postgraduate Medical Journal
JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal
IS - 620
ER -