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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

The DMFT Index and Its Association with Psychiatric Symptom Severity among Inpatients with Psychotic Disorders

  • Ahmet Can Haskan1
  • Muhammed Said Altun1
  • Fariz Selimli2
  • Meryem Taş Reyhanioğlu1
  • Mehmet Adıgüzel1
  • Alparslan Mustafa Çeler2
  • Mehmet Hanifi Kokaçya3
  1. 1MUSTAFA KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ
  2. 2Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi
  3. 3HATAY MUSTAFA KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TAYFUR ATA SÖKMEN TIP FAKÜLTESİ
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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to compare oral health status, including the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index and its components, between hospitalized patients with psychotic disorders and healthy controls and to examine associations between DMFT and psychiatric symptom severity assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Method: This study included 50 inpatients with schizophrenia (n = 18), bipolar disorder (n = 18), or schizoaffective disorder (n = 14) and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Electronic records and panoramic radiographs obtained between 2020 and 2025 were reviewed. DMFT scores were determined according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, excluding third molars. Results: Patients with psychotic disorders had higher numbers of decayed teeth and missing teeth, as well as higher DMFT scores, than healthy controls. Unadjusted filled-teeth counts were similar between groups but were higher in the psychiatric group after age adjustment (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.867, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.266–2.752). DMFT was positively correlated with PANSS, HAMD, and YMRS. After age adjustment, DMFT counts were approximately threefold higher in the psychiatric group (IRR = 3.011, 95% CI: 2.439–3.719). Conclusion: Inpatients with psychotic disorders had a substantially greater oral disease burden than healthy controls. Findings support integrating preventive oral healthcare into the multidisciplinary management of patients with psychotic disorders.

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@article{haskan2026dmft,
  title = {{The DMFT Index and Its Association with Psychiatric Symptom Severity among Inpatients with Psychotic Disorders}},
  author = {Ahmet Can Haskan and Muhammed Said Altun and Fariz Selimli and Meryem Taş Reyhanioğlu and Mehmet Adıgüzel and Alparslan Mustafa Çeler and Mehmet Hanifi Kokaçya},
  journal = {Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.18863/pgy.2010336},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.2010336},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The DMFT Index and Its Association with Psychiatric Symptom Severity among Inpatients with Psychotic Disorders
AU  - Ahmet Can Haskan
AU  - Muhammed Said Altun
AU  - Fariz Selimli
AU  - Meryem Taş Reyhanioğlu
AU  - Mehmet Adıgüzel
AU  - Alparslan Mustafa Çeler
AU  - Mehmet Hanifi Kokaçya
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/25
JO  - Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
DO  - 10.18863/pgy.2010336
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.2010336
AB  - Objective: This study aimed to compare oral health status, including the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index and its components, between hospitalized patients with psychotic disorders and healthy controls and to examine associations between DMFT and psychiatric symptom severity assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Method: This study included 50 inpatients with schizophrenia (n = 18), bipolar disorder (n = 18), or schizoaffective disorder (n = 14) and 50 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Electronic records and panoramic radiographs obtained between 2020 and 2025 were reviewed. DMFT scores were determined according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, excluding third molars. Results: Patients with psychotic disorders had higher numbers of decayed teeth and missing teeth, as well as higher DMFT scores, than healthy controls. Unadjusted filled-teeth counts were similar between groups but were higher in the psychiatric group after age adjustment (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.867, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.266–2.752). DMFT was positively correlated with PANSS, HAMD, and YMRS. After age adjustment, DMFT counts were approximately threefold higher in the psychiatric group (IRR = 3.011, 95% CI: 2.439–3.719). Conclusion: Inpatients with psychotic disorders had a substantially greater oral disease burden than healthy controls. Findings support integrating preventive oral healthcare into the multidisciplinary management of patients with psychotic disorders.
SN  - 1309-0674
SN  - 1309-0658
ER  -