Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Oral Health
Associations of Oral Health and Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Individuals with psychiatric disorders have higher rates of many systemic diseases than non-affected individuals.^51,52 Oral health is also reported to be significantly worse in individuals with mental illness when compared to their counterparts.^8,53 Caries, tooth loss, and periodontal disease rates are higher in those individuals with anxiety and depression compared to healthy controls.^8,53