Symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder among people presenting for cosmetic dental treatment: A comparative study of cosmetic dental patients and a general population sample

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 350-356

  De Jongh, A ^a   Aartman, I H A ^a   Parvaneh, H ^a   Ilik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body dysmorphic disorder; Cosmetic procedures; Cosmetic surgery; Esthetic dentistry; Physical appearance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

BODY IMAGE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67650869917     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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