[The departmental concept in the therapy of facial dysmorphisms. A preliminary note on the psychological aspects]

Minerva Stomatol. 1996 Dec;45(12):611-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The authors describe the work carried out with the intention of map and border in simple and repeatable way the risk of dissatisfaction in the patient candidates to cosmetic and oro-maxillo-facial surgery. It represent the first of a series of notes which propose to characterize patients with problems tied to the organization of the individuality in which, the discrepancy among expectations and obtained result, lead in the more serious cases, to a real crisis of identity or a depressed state of varied entity.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / psychology*
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities / surgery*
  • Esthetics
  • Humans
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Risk Factors
  • Surgery, Oral / psychology