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[Patients with unusual requests for extractions 2. Mental incompetency and psycho-pathologic causes]
D L M Broers1, W G Brands, A de Jongh
1Uit de Stichting Bijzondere Tandheelkunde (SBT), Amsterdam. d.broers@sbt.acta.nl
Abstract:
If there is no indication for tooth removal purely based on dental criteria, but the patient requests for removal due to fear of dental treatment, or because of a mental disorder such as posttraumatic stress disorder, a somatoform pain disorder or a disorder of body image perception, then the question is whether the patient is mentally competent to make this decision. In case of a tooth removal request on psychopathologic basis, a dentist has to refuse to carry out such treatment, but he should make an effort to help or guide the patient in some other way.
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