Eating everything except food (PICA): A rare case report and review

PICA is an act or habit of eating non-food items such as stone, bricks, chalk, soap, paper, soil etc., It occurs in children who actually start seeing the world through the oral cavity. There are many theories behind it such as iron and zinc deficiency etc., We as dentists should be able to diagnose...

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Autores principales: Advani, Shweta, Kochhar, Gulsheen, Chachra, Sanjay, Dhawan, Preeti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24818086
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.127851
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description PICA is an act or habit of eating non-food items such as stone, bricks, chalk, soap, paper, soil etc., It occurs in children who actually start seeing the world through the oral cavity. There are many theories behind it such as iron and zinc deficiency etc., We as dentists should be able to diagnose and treat such conditions, as they may cause ill-effects to the developing dentition. This case report attempt to highlights the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of pica.
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spelling pubmed-40151532014-05-09 Eating everything except food (PICA): A rare case report and review Advani, Shweta Kochhar, Gulsheen Chachra, Sanjay Dhawan, Preeti J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Review Article PICA is an act or habit of eating non-food items such as stone, bricks, chalk, soap, paper, soil etc., It occurs in children who actually start seeing the world through the oral cavity. There are many theories behind it such as iron and zinc deficiency etc., We as dentists should be able to diagnose and treat such conditions, as they may cause ill-effects to the developing dentition. This case report attempt to highlights the importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of pica. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4015153/ /pubmed/24818086 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.127851 Text en Copyright: © Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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