Burning Mouth Syndrome

Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;28(3):381-96. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2016.03.005.

Abstract

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is an enigmatic, misunderstood, and under-recognized painful condition. Symptoms associated with BMS can be varied, thereby providing a challenge for practitioners and having a negative impact on oral health-related quality of life for patients. Management also remains a challenge for practitioners because it is currently only targeted for symptom relief without a definitive cure. There is an urgent need for further investigations to determine the efficacy of different therapies because this is the only way viable therapeutic options can be established for patients with this chronic and painful syndrome.

Keywords: Burning mouth syndrome; Glossodynia; Neuropathic; Oral burning.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Burning Mouth Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Burning Mouth Syndrome / therapy*
  • Chronic Pain / diagnosis*
  • Chronic Pain / therapy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Pain Management
  • Pain Measurement
  • Quality of Life