Oral manifestations of psychosomatic disorders

Diseases that are physical but get worsened by psychological factors like stress and anxiety are psychosomatic disorders. A lot of psychosomatic disorders have an influence upon health of oral tissue. Many diseases manifesting in the oral cavity have a psychological component in their etiology or have some effect of psychologic factors which have to be diagnosed and managed accordingly to ensure good oral and over-all health. Time and patience is required to handle such patients and are not easily treatable by medications. Frequently occurring oral psychosomatic disorders like lichen planus, stomatitis etc, do not receive appropriate treatment because of misinformation, ignorance and misdiagnosis by the doctor. In day to day life because of the increasing stress there is more probability of doctors and dentists encountering patients with such disorders. Hence one should be familiar with such manifestations and if accounted with such patients should try to manage them with psychiatrist whenever needed. This handbook aims to emphasize the oral manifestations seen in psychosomatic disorders.