RT - Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry ID - 10.17796/jcpd.27.2.u0735u0hh4l3287t T1 - Tourette’s syndrome with rapid deterioration by self-mutilation of the upper lip A1 - T. Shimoyama A1 - N. Horie A1 - T. Kato A1 - D. Nasu A1 - T. Kaneko YR - 2003 SP - 178 AB -
A case of Tourette’s syndrome is presented in a thirteen-year-old boy with obsessive-compulsive symp-toms including self-mutilation of the upper lip. His upper lip injury was caused by complication of picking with fingernail, and self-biting with the lower anterior teeth. It became rapidly worse and the median part of the upper lip collapsed. But the placement of an acrylic splint was able to prevent further damage of the upper lip.