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32                                                 RESEARCH                                                   ORIGINAL ARTICLE

     Anne Wolowski

     Is the concept of somatoform pros-
     thesis intolerance still up to date?
                                                                   Introduction: Until recently “somatoform prosthesis intolerance” covered a
                                                                   wide range of patients with diffuse symptoms.

                                                                   Material and Methods: Meanwhile, new dental conditions have been estab-
                                                                   lished so that it is possible to differentiate among Burning Mouth Syndrome
                                                                   (BMS), atypical odontalgia (persisting [idiopathic] dental alveolar pain), occlu-
                                                                   sal dysesthesia, and somatoform prosthesis intolerance. These clinical pictures
                                                                   can be categorized under diagnosis of “somatic symptom disorders”, which
                                                                   was newly established in 2015. It is marked by a duration of symptoms of
                                                                   more than 6 months, intense preoccupation with those symptoms, and a
                                                                   significantly reduced capability to cope with everyday life. The formerly used
                                                                   diagnosis “somatoform prosthesis intolerance” can likewise be understood as
                                                                   a subcategory of specific dental somatic symptom disorder.

                                                                   Conclusion: Based on available clinical experience it can be assumed that this
                                                                   diagnosis will be particularly applicable for patients that are equipped with
                                                                   objectively well-fitting fixed and/or removable dentures but experience dif-
                                                                   ficulties with them and therefore attract attention with somatic stress symp-
                                                                   toms. A structured approach is necessary for initial and basic treatment. This
                                                                   is described by the S3-guideline “functional disorders”.

                                                                   Keywords: somatoform prosthesis intolerance; burning mouth syndrome;
                                                                   occlusal dysesthesia; atypical odontalgia; somatic stress disorder; functional
                                                                   disorders

     Poliklinik for Prosthetic Dental Medicine and Biomaterials, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, University hospital Münster – Center ZMK, Münster, Germany: PD Dr. Anne
     Wolowski
     Translation from German: Yasmin Schmidt-Park
     Citation: Wolowski A: Is the concept of somatoform prosthesis intolerance still up to date? Dtsch Zahnärztl Z Int 2021; 3: 32–39
     Peer-reviewed article: submitted: 10.07.2020, revised version accepted: 18.09.2020
     DOI.org/10.3238/dzz-int.2021.0004

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Review
                                                  Diagnostic criteria of a psychogenic prosthesis intolerance according
In 1921, Moral and Ahnemann [33]                  to Müller-Fahlbusch
described the course of disease of a
50-year old patient, who complained
                                                  1.     Discrepancy between description of symptoms and anatomical limits
about tongue pain, in a paper on bor-
derline cases: “Her depiction appears
                                                         Discrepancy between chronology of symptoms and complaints and the
unclear and blurred ... if pain showed            2.
                                                         known development known to us by clinical experience
up on the right side of the tongue
once, it appeared on the other side at
                                                  3.     Ex non juvantibus (a normally helpful treatment does not lead to success)
the next examination [...] suddenly
also here [...], so that the pain can
                                                  4.     Unusual co-participation of the patient in the course of the disease
also be lead from one nerve region to
another [...]”. The authors found no
                                                         Coincidence of biographic-situational results and beginning of the
clinical abnormalities for the men-               5.
                                                         complaints
tioned complaints. They described
the prostheses as well-crafted and              Table 1 Diagnostic criteria of a psychogenic prosthesis intolerance according to
occluded, the elimination test was              Müller-Fahlbusch [34]
negative, meaning that the patient
was complaining about the same
amount of discomfort while not
wearing prostheses. The authors                 them are mostly unrecognizable. The                        alternating with different emphasis.
highlight the uselessness and specifi-          clinical picture of “hysteria”, which                      In the meantime, the work of Briquet
cally the damage caused by countless            according to Moral and Ahnemann is                         has been picked up by many authors.
treatment attempts, which usually               based “... on a disorder of a normal                       Essentially, the attempt was made to
lead to chronification. They believe            relationship between processes of our                      systematize his observations assisted
that the desire to help tormented pa-           conscience and our physicality”, for                       by Guze [17–19]. With the introduc-
tients leads to therapeutic errors and          which they determine a basic con-                          tion of the DSM-III in 1980 [3], the
mishaps. The authors are giving a lot           dition “... that hysteria is an illness of                 Briquet-Syndrome was first incorpo-
of attention to a goal-oriented, pos-           the soul and that a treatment should                       rated as a framework of the prototype
sibly interdisciplinary somatic diag-           be used; ...”, which was described in                      of somatization disorder in its own
nosis of exclusion. They do not con-            1859 by the French physician Briquet                       category in a clinically binding clas-
sider it the dentist’s job to – accord-         [5] in his work “Traité clinique et                        sification system. Müller-Fahlbusch
ing to them – treat hysteria, but               thérapeutique de l´hystérie”. He also                      and Marxkors [30] shaped the term
rather to perform necessary dental              shows a descriptive approach to ana-                       “psychogenic prostheses intoler-
treatment. The difficulties of making           lyze the disease similarly to Moral                        ance”, which had already been used
the diagnosis in the manifold and               and Ahnemann [33]. He lists a vari-                        by Peterhans in 1948 [36]. Based on
multifaceted clinical picture indicate,         ety of physical and mental symp-                           an interdisciplinary research project
that for routine dental measures,               toms, which appear in “hysteric” sick                      conducted in 1976 [39], Müller-
usually “... superficial recording of           patients in the form of a protruding                       Fahlbusch and Marxkors understood
the anamnesis is sufficient”, and with          leading symptoms or in combination                         this as “complaints that do not fit the
that the borderline cases depicted by           with multiple complaints, possibly                         picture of the respective findings.

                   Somatic symptom(s)

   Criterion A
                   are distressing
                   result in disruption of daily life

                   Psychological Characteristics regarding physical symptoms

                   Exaggerated and persisting thoughts on the seriousness of the present symptoms                          cognitive dimension

   Criterion B
                   Persisting and pronounced high level of anxiety regarding health of symptoms                            emotional dimension

                   Excessive effort in time and energy that is expensed for the symptoms                                   behavioral dimension

 Kriterium C       Burden of symptoms for longer than 6 months

Table 2 Somatic Symptom Disorder: For a diagnosis according to DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
criteria A, B (at least 1 of 3 psychological dimensions) and C must be met [11, 25].

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                                                   List of symptoms                                                     In 2008, the term “psychogenic
                                                                                                                    prosthesis intolerance” was replaced
       • Stomach pain or indigestion
                                                                                                                    by the term “somatoform prothesis
                                                                                                                    intolerance“ [13]. With this, the
       • Back pain
                                                                                                                    necessary adjustment of the nomen-
                                                                                                                    clature in general medicine occurred
       • Aching arms, legs or joints
                                                                                                                    [12]. Besides the Burning-Mouth-
                                                                                                                    Syndrome, the somatoform pain dis-
       • Headache
                                                                                                                    order and body dysmorphic disorder
                                                                                                                    (as a special form), the somatoform
       • Chest pain or shortness of breath
                                                                                                                    prosthesis intolerance presents a rel-
                                                                                                                    evant subdivision of somatoform dis-
       • Dizzyness
                                                                                                                    order: “The characteristic of somato-
                                                                                                                    form disorder is the repeated presen-
       • Fatigue or lack of energy
                                                                                                                    tation of physical symptoms in com-
                                                                                                                    bination with persistent demands
       • Insomnia
                                                                                                                    after examinations, despite repeat-
                                                                                                                    edly negative results and reassur-
                                           Severity of somatic burden                                               ances by doctors, that the symptoms
                                                                                                                    are not based on any physicality. If
       0–3              None to minimal
                                                                                                                    there is some organ pathology pres-
                                                                                                                    ent, it does not explain the nature
       4–7              Low
                                                                                                                    and extent of the symptoms and the
                                                                                                                    pain and the internal investment of
       8 – 11           Moderate
                                                                                                                    the patient”. With the classification
                                                                                                                    of the illness pattern of “somato-
       12 – 15          High
                                                                                                                    form prosthesis intolerance”, the
                                                                                                                    first criterion according to Müller-
       16 – 32          Very high
                                                                                                                    Fahlbusch takes on an extended di-
                                                                                                                    mension. While Müller-Fahlbusch
     Table 3 Somatic symptoms scale to determine the somatic symptom burden (SSS 8)                                 relates the discrepancy to anatomical
     [28]. A sum score of 0 = “none” to 4 = “very high” is formed to answer the “how high                           structures – “medical psychology and
     was the burden caused by the mentioned symptoms during the past week”.                                         psychosomatics does not work with-
                                                                                                                    out anatomy” [34] –, demanded with
                                                                                                                    the inclusion of somatic findings,
                                                                                                                    that the complaints within context
     The complaints are more general, less                         chosomatic conspicuous patients                  are evaluated of possible, also patho-
     tangible and do not allow for direct                          (Tab. 1).                                        logical findings, regarding their na-
     conclusions about the prosthetic                                  Müller-Fahlbusch attaches special            ture, expansion and intensity in
     work” [31, 34]. While Marxkors                                importance to the time of treatment              order to detect an available discrep-
     understood this term in the pros-                             of a possibly necessary somatic ther-            ancy to the mentioned complaints.
     thetic context, Müller-Fahlbusch ex-                          apy and depicts recommendations of
     tended this viewpoint with psychi-                            how to deal with these patients. Just            Characteristics of a
     atric aspects. In an interdisciplinary                        like Haneke [20], he recommends                  “somatoform prosthesis
     study he diagnosed 57 % of patients                           the regulation of psychiatric drugs,             intolerance”
     with psychogenic prosthesis intoler-                          usually antidepressants. Balters [4]             Fundamentally, the question is
     ance with phasic and chronic de-                              advises psychological care of the ill            raised whether or not the term “so-
     pression, 21 % of patients with ab-                           that is supposed to help turn the loss           matoform prosthesis intolerance”
     normal personality disorder and                               of their teeth into something posi-              summarizes this group of patients
     19 % of patients with an abnormal                             tive. Marxkors [31] warns against                accurately enough today, or if
     experience response. He classified                            overpowering when dealing with dif-              further classifications exist by now
     about 3 % of patients in the category                         ficult patients and to not expand                that allow a more precise distinction
     of schizophrenics. Only in the course                         treatments against the wishes of the             and with that more targeted treat-
     of further cooperation psychosomatic                          dentist, just because the patient                ment options. There is hardly any
     diagnostics developed, but further                            wishes or demands it. Other authors              data on who is typically affected by
     down the line, a viewpoint in psy-                            [8, 48] recommend to consider solid              these symptoms. Studies [32, 39]
     chosomatic diagnostics which was es-                          constrictions in “patients with psy-             could show, that women aging be-
     pecially expressed in the catalogue                           chosis”. All authors are in agreement            tween 60 and 70 sought out a
     compiled by Müller-Fahlbusch [34] of                          regarding a crucial and necessary in-            specialized consultation 5-times
     5 diagnostic criteria to recognize psy-                       terdisciplinary cooperation.                     more frequently. The main symp-

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                               Burning-Mouth-           Persisting idiopathic
      Symptoms                   Syndrome                    facial pain                     Atypical odontalgia                  Occlusal dysesthesia

 Diagnosis criteria       – daily burning/burning       – pain nearly all day               – daytime pain, brief to             – awareness only during
                            pain or feeling of          – at most low impair-                 persisting                           waking state
                            dysesthesia                   ment of night’s sleep             – unimpaired night‘s
                          – > 3 months                                                        sleep
                          – at least > 2 hours per                                          – > 4 months
                            day                                                             – spontaneous beginn,
                                                                                              that can (often) be
                                                                                              delayed following the
                                                                                              trauma of a peripheral
                                                                                              trigeminal nerv (ex-
                                                                                              periencing pain during
                                                                                              such course of action
                                                                                              increases the risk)

                          –   women,                    – fluctuating intensity             – diffuse expansion ten-             – “occlusally fixed”
                          –   > 50 years old            – at most just beginning              dency                                model of illness
                          –   reduced quality of life     anatomically limiting             – variable intensity                 – intensive occupation
                          –   increasing intensity        expansion                         – pain amplification                   with the disorder
                              during the course of      – “peculiar” disease                  through peripheral                 – Chronification tenden-
                              the day                     causation modell                    stimuli                              cy with many unsuc-
                                                                                            – allodynia/hyperalgesia               cessful changes in
                                                                                            – uncertain pain elimi-                occlusion
                                                                                              nation                             – dismissive evaluation
                                                                                            – ex non iuvantibus                    of previous practi-
                                                                                                                                   tioners
                                                                                                                                 – glorification of the
                                                                                                                                   current practitioner
                                                                                                                                 – psychosocial burdens/
                                                                                                                                   impairment at the
                                                                                                                                   beginning and/or over
                                                                                                                                   the course
                                                                                                                                 – further physical ail-
                                                                                                                                   ments usually without
                                                                                                                                   objectifiable cause and
                                                                                                                                   plausible course of
                                                                                                                                   therapy

                          – no local/general medi-      – no relevant pathologi-            – missing adequate                   – no relevant malocclu-
                            cal and psychological         cal results                         pathological results                 sion
                            causes

 Screening/                                             Pain diary regarding                                                     – Chronification: GCS
 documentation                                          modulation factors,                                                        [43, 45].
 forms (if avail-                                       possibilities of relief and                                              – anxiety, depression:
 able)                                                  accompanying symp-                                                         HADS [21]; PHQ-4
                                                        toms                                                                       [27]; DASS [20,34].
                                                                                                                                 – emotional stress: SRRS
                                                                                                                                   [1, 22];
                                                                                                                                 – somatization: BL-R /
                                                                                                                                   BL-R‘ [46]
                                                                                                                                 – localisation of pain: full
                                                                                                                                   body drawing [42] of
                                                                                                                                   all existing pain
                                                                                                                                   regions.

Table 4 Typical characteristics, screening options, differential diagnoses and supportive information in diseases appearing diffuse in
the orofacial

toms listed by affected patients are             down)”. These symptoms can appear                          picture. Usually the symptoms last
pain, burning of oral mucosa and                 localized or radiate further into the                      longer than 6 months. The patient‘s
adaptation disorders (mostly related             oral cavity and are solely associated                      path in search of relief is character-
to prostheses and often specifically             with the oral cavity based on the pa-                      ized by countless diagnostic pro-
related to the “difficulty to bite               tients’ understanding of the clinical                      cedures and therapy attempts (“doc-

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                                           Burning-Mouth-                    Persisting idiopathic
             Symptoms                        Syndrome                             facial pain                       Atypical odontalgia      Occlusal dysesthesia

       Differential diag-              secundary burning of                  neuropathological pain                 dental causes           objectifiable malocclu-
       noses (screening,               the oral mucosa                       (possibly triggered by                                         sion
       if available)                                                         surgery in the specified                                       craniomandibular dys-
                                                                             pain region)                                                   function/bruxism

                                                                                                                                            CMD screening
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                                                                                                                                            documents/266840/
                                                                                                                                            3732097/CMD-Screen-
                                                                                                                                            ing+DGFDT/
                                                                                                                                            cc704187-a983–4eed-8
                                                                                                                                            93c-614ae3969bd1

                                                                                                                                            bruxism screening
                                                                                                                                            https://www.dgfdt.de/
                                                                                                                                            documents/266840
                                                                                                                                            /3732097/Bruxis
                                                                                                                                            mus+Screening+02_20/
                                                                                                                                            8039b42a-9640–47e9-
                                                                                                                                            bd9f-0717a3c4d423

                                                                                                                                            functional status
                                                                                                                                            https://www.dgfdt.de/
                                                                                                                                            documents/266840/
                                                                                                                                            406693/Erfassungs
                                                                                                                                            formular+Funktions
                                                                                                                                            status+2012/1d692
                                                                                                                                            d7a-bf94–4509–90
                                                                                                                                            35-a091a82d58f7?
                                                                                                                                            version=1.0)

       Supporting                      https://www.zahnmed                   https://www.zahnmedi                                           https://www.zahnmed
       information                     izinische-patientenin                 zinische-patientenin                                           izinische-patientenin
       (if available,                  formationen.de/docu                   formationen.de/docu                                            formationen.de/docu
       retrievable from                ments/10157/                          ments/10157/1129556/                                           ments/10165/1430990/
       DGZMK:                          903264/Zungen-                        268572_1567299_Chro                                            PI+Bruxismus-final.pdf
       https://www.                    und_Schleimhaut                       nischer+Kiefer-+und+
       zahnmedizin                     brennen/                              Gesichtsschmerz.pdf                                            https://www.zahnmed
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                                                                                                                                            fergelenkschmerz.pdf/

     Table 4 Typical characteristics, screening options, differential diagnoses and supportive information in diseases
     appearing diffuse in the orofacial

     tor hopping, doctor shopping”). It is                         of “somatic stress disorder”, which                         were triggered by a somatic and/or
     not uncommon to observe that pa-                              can therefore be seen as a superordi-                       mental reason. In general medicine,
     tients affected, as well as people                            nate category.                                              the severity of the burden is deter-
     close to them subject their entire                                                                                        mined by respective points on an
     lives to these complaints and show a                          Somatic Symptom Disorder                                    8-symptom scale (SSS 8) [16, 28]
     severely reduced quality of life.                             (SSD)                                                       (Tab. 3). Typical dental symptoms
     These main symptoms are accom-                                SSD refers to a new classification in                       have not been recorded in the SSS 8.
     panied by complaints about dry                                the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual                       In order to assess a potentially gen-
     mouth or altered sense of taste. The                          of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) [7, 25,                         erally existing problem, this symp-
     courses of complaints are individ-                            26, 41]. This should diagnostically                         tom scale can be inquired within the
     ually different and vary regarding                            record about 30 % of patients in                            context of general anamnesis in a
     their intensity. These characteristics                        basic care, that are severely affected                      regular dentist appointment. This
     regarding course and duration,                                by existing physical symptoms and                           offers the chance to recognize ten-
     understanding of the disease or deal-                         restricted in their daily lives. In order                   dencies and risks of expansion into
     ing with the complaints are key                               to make this diagnosis, it is irrelevant                    the jaw and face region with possibly
     criteria of the newly added diagnosis                         if the characteristics listed in table 2                    necessary dental measures. Depend-

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                             Initial basic care                                                              Extended basic care

                                                                                     When visiting the doctor repeatedly and “doctor-hopping-
                              In the mild form
                                                                                                            tendency”

 Recognition              Comprehensive anamnesis                                  simulta-              To emphasize the equality of physical and
                          – main symptoms                                          neous diag-           psychosocial influencing factors
                          – accompanying symptoms                                  nosis                 – Attention: do not act on “pressure by the
                          – impairments                                                                    patient” “slow down”
                          – patient behavior                                                             – Goal-oriented, clear setting
                          – initial recording of findings                                                – No technical supplementary examinations
                          – demand preliminary findings                                                    to calm down the patient
                          – avoid redundancies                                                           – explain regular findings
                          – further examinations with reserved and                                       – demonstrate prognosis/risks of a one-sided
                            strict indication                                                              somatic approach

 Reassurance              Evaluation of findings and risks                         Accomplish-           – biopsychosocial explanation model orig-
                          – Announce “expectable” normal findings                  ment                    inating from subjective disease theory
                          – No downplaying model of disease in                                             e.g. using individual amplifiers, modulation
                            order to expand psychosocial viewpoint                                         factors as well as possibilities of relief
                                                                                                         – clarify expectations and correct if necessary
                                                                                                         – emphasize autonomy, develop “active”
                                                                                                           coping strategies
                                                                                                         – regular appointments independent of
                                                                                                           discomfort

 Advice                   – “take the patient seriously”                           Possibly              – Transparent findings assessment
                          – emphasize credibility                                  initiate inter-       – Motivate patients to take up psychosocial
                          – work out positive resources                            disciplinary            therapy options
                                                                                   cooperation           – dental findings to avoid the polypragmatic
                                                                                                           approach “monitoring”

 Supporting               https://www.awmf.org/uploads/tx_szleitlinien/051–001p3_S3_Funktionelle_Koerperbeschwerden_2020–01.pdf
 information

 Therapeutic              wait and see: Patient monitoring and supervision while avoiding measures that are not strictly indicated
 “support”

Table 5 Diagnostics and therapeutic approach [following 37]
(Tab. 1–5: A. Wolowski)

ing on the severity of the disorder, it              mucosa, pain and occlusal “malfunc-                        tal factors arise following an (idio-
has to be decided if an explanation                  tions”.                                                    pathic) BMS. Different levels of
of risk by the dentist is sufficient or if               Burning of the oral mucosa: Scala et                   anxiety are listed and in 20 % of BMS
an interdisciplinary approach has to                 al. [40] differentiate the secondary                       patients, the phobia of cancer can be
be pursued. It can be helpful for such               burning of oral mucosa that can be                         observed. Depression and somati-
a decision to differentiate between                  diagnosed following an underlying                          zation disorder are named as further
relevant dental clinical pictures. The               dental, general and mental disorder of                     diagnoses [2, 6, 14, 27, 29, 37] (Tab. 4).
necessity of this differentiation also               idiopathic burning of the oral mucosa,                         Pain in the sense of persistent idio-
results from the fact that an interdis-              which is classified as BMS [47]. Ac-                       pathic facial pain (PIFP)/ atypical odon-
ciplinary setting with treating “non-                cording to the currently valid defini-                     talgia (persistent [idiopathic] dental
dentists” requires explicit details on               tions [24], the diagnosis BMS is based                     pain): PIFP refers to the pain, that
dental context.                                      on a diagnosis of exclusion. The differ-                   does not meet the criteria of a facial
                                                     ent current definitions regarding BMS                      neuralgia and is not associated with
Dental diseases with                                 differ mainly in the specification of                      signs of an organic lesion. “The pain
symptoms seeming diffuse                             total duration and the daily course.                       is present, mostly continuous, one-
It can be differentiated between den-                Because BMS has not been defined                           sided and difficult to locate. Sensitiv-
tal symptoms within the group of so-                 uniformly in literature, it cannot be                      ity symptoms or other deficiencies
matic stress disorders by using a com-               differentiated regarding mental factors                    are not present. Further examinations
plaint-related classification. The lead-             if this is the cause for a secondary                       including X-Ray diagnostics of the
ing symptoms are burning of the oral                 burning of the oral mucosa or if men-                      face and jaw are without pathological

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