Association of psychological distress with periodontal status, plaque accumulation, and salivary flow rate in psychiatric outpatients receiving chronic psychotropic therapy.

Psychiatric outpatients on long-term psychotropic medications showed associations between psychological distress and worse periodontal health, increased plaque accumulation, and reduced salivary flow rates.

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