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Autoextraction in a child with autistic spectrum disorder.

Ross-Russell M, Sloan P

Community Dental Department, Princess of Wales Hospital, Lynn Road, Ely. maria.ross-russell@southcambs-pct.nhs.uk

Many children with mild/moderate autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) receive care in general dental practice. We report a seven year old boy with ASD presenting with dental pain who auto-extracted one of his deciduous canines. Children with ASD may have hyposensitivity to pain and can exhibit unusual forms of self-injurious behaviour.

Published 25 April 2005 in Br Dent J, 198(8): 473-4.
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