Prevention of self-inflicted trauma: dental intervention to prevent chronic lip chewing by a patient with a diagnosis of progressive bulbar palsy.
An appliance is used as a beginning in the prevention of self-mutilative oral behavior. The patient in the case reported here required a quick solution to a severe problem of self-inflicted trauma. The design presented here can be improved on or an altogether new approach may be developed.
Bulbar Palsy, Progressive↗