Restorative Dental Treatment Approach on an Anorexia Nervosa Patient: A Case Report

Abstract

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are psychiatric diseases that usually affect women between the ages of 13 and 20, with frequent recurrences of vomiting and disrupt the physiological development process, may even result in death, so early diagnosis and treatment are very important. A multidisciplinary approach is required for the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of the diseases. In these patients, due to vomiting attacks, tooth erosion, defined as chemical dissolution of tooth tissue without bacteria or loss of substance in non carious tooth hard tissues, can be seen. Although erosive lesions are usually first seen on the palatal surfaces of the maxillary incisors and first molars, they can adversely affect all hard and soft tissues in the mouth. In this case report, the systemic and dental effects of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa were discussed and the dental treatment process of a patient diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa was examined.