Comparative Analysis of Psychological, Hormonal, and Genetic Factors Between Burning Mouth Syndrome and Secondary Oral Burning This study evaluated psychological and hormonal status, as well as a possible association of genetic factors with the development and/or maintenance of symptoms in burning mouth syndrome, in order to obtain a better understanding of the factors associated with this cond...

S. FEDELE, G. FRICCHIONE, S.R. PORTER and M.D. MIGNOGNA From the Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy, Oral Medicine Unit, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute, University College of London, London, UK, and Massachusetts General Hospital...

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Background: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is described as a sudden bilateral orofacial pain characterized as burning, scalding, tingling, or numbness. Diagnosis remains challenging and therapeutics are equally difficult. Complete spontaneous remission is rare. This article reports a case of BMS managed successfully with acupuncture. Case: A 53-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of or...

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic pain condition. It has been described by the International Headache Society as "an intra-oral burning or dysesthetic sensation, recurring daily for more than 2 h/day for more than 3 months, without clinically evident causative lesions." BMS is frequently seen in women in the peri-menopausal and menopausal age group in an average female/male ratio of 7:1...

A burning sensation of the oral mucosa without any obvious lesions is a defining feature mouth syndrome (BMS), chronic and untreatable orofacial pain syndrome. Women in their later years life who are experiencing hormonal shifts or psychological issues most affected by this ailment. BMS patients also complains mucosa, taste perception changes dry with sensation. Even though exact cause unknown,...