Purpose: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that develops in
individuals who have experienced a life-threatening event. Previous research has revealed …

As a military dental provider, it is important to have an awareness concerning post traumatic
stress disorders (PTSD), a “signature injury” of service members returning from Iraq and …

Except for the ravages of excessive forces of mastication associated with bruxism, dental
practitioners in general have had little experience with post-traumatic stress disorder …

A dental patient with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may present with greater dental
and behavioral challenges than most dental patients The background review of PTSD's …

In this brief review article, we suggest that the term" dental phobia" may be a misnomer. The
problem with using the term" phobia" in a dental-care context is as follows: by definition …

PTSD is a chronic mental illness that may arise after an individual experiences or witnesses
a life-threatening event. Symptoms consist of persistent reexperiencing of the event …

Background The stress experienced as an intense and traumatic event can increase the
odds of orofacial pain, affect the biomechanics of masticatory system and compromise the …

Aims To examine the presence and impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a
sample of patients seeking treatment for orofacial pain. Methods One hundred forty-one …

OBJECTIVE: There is a high comorbidity between symptoms of post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain incidence. The objective of this investigation was to …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric illness that results from exposure to
serious threats of injury or death. In addition, dental phobia, which is suggested as a sub …