Tu TTH, Watanabe M, Nayanar GK, Umezaki Y, Motomura H, Sato Y, Toyofuku A. Phantom bite syndrome: Revelation from clinically focused review. World J Psychiatr 2021; 11(11): 1053-1064 [PMID: 34888173 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v11.i11.1053]
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Trang Thi Huyen Tu, DDS, PhD, Lecturer, Research Fellow, Department of Basic Dental Sciences, Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, 652 Nguyen Trai, District 5, Ho Chi Minh 72714, Viet Nam. tu.ompm@tmd.ac.jp
Research Domain of This Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
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Minireviews
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Trang Thi Huyen Tu, Department of Basic Dental Sciences, Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh 72714, Viet Nam
Trang Thi Huyen Tu, Motoko Watanabe, Gayatri Krishnakumar Nayanar, Akira Toyofuku, Department of Psychosomatic Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
Yojiro Umezaki, Department of General Dentistry, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan
Haruhiko Motomura, Department of Psychosomatic Dentistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
Yusuke Sato, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
Author contributions: Tu TTH, Watanabe M, Umezaki Y and Toyofuku A were involved in manuscript drafting; Nayanar GK, Motomura H and Sato Y critically revised the manuscript; All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Supported byJSPS KAKENHI Grant, No. 19K10328 (to Professor Toyofuku A).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Trang Thi Huyen Tu, DDS, PhD, Lecturer, Research Fellow, Department of Basic Dental Sciences, Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, 652 Nguyen Trai, District 5, Ho Chi Minh 72714, Viet Nam. tu.ompm@tmd.ac.jp
Received: May 7, 2021 Peer-review started: May 7, 2021 First decision: June 5, 2021 Revised: June 10, 2021 Accepted: August 30, 2021 Article in press: August 30, 2021 Published online: November 19, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: Generally, in dentistry, uncomfortable occlusal sensations are a common finding among patients while phantom bite syndrome (which is distinguishable if ever encountered) is quite rare. These patients present with non-verifiable occlusal discrepancies with strict demands for bite correction and remarkable psychological distress. This might lead to serious consequences on patients’ life quality, relationship with family, financial loss, career disruption or even suicidal thoughts. Recent studies have revealed unexplained diversity patterns among phantom bite syndrome’s clinical manifestation and functional brain imaging, which likely represent the available sub-phenotypes of this syndrome. Further research must be focused on elucidating pathophysiological mechanisms to pave the way for efficient treatment strategy.
