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Major depression is a psychiatric disorder in which mood, thought content, and behavioral patterns are impaired, often for an extended period of time. This condition appears to have an increasing prevalence among young children and adolescents. It may be associated with a disinterest in performing appropriate preventive oral hygiene techniques, a cariogenic diet, rampant dental decay, and advanced periodontal disease. Appropriate dental management necessitates a vigorous preventive dental education program and special precautions when administering local anesthetics and prescribing sedative and analgesic medications.
重度抑郁症是一种精神障碍，其情绪、思维内容和行为模式都会受损，且常常持续较长时间。这种病症在幼儿和青少年中的患病率似乎呈上升趋势。它可能与对进行适当的预防性口腔卫生技术缺乏兴趣、致龋饮食、猖獗性龋齿以及严重的牙周疾病有关。适当的牙科治疗需要开展积极的预防性牙科教育项目，以及在使用局部麻醉剂和开处镇静及止痛药物时采取特殊预防措施。
