Burning mouth syndrome: is acupuncture a therapeutic possibility?
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Burning Mouth Syndrome and Acupuncture
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...
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Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) has been considered an enigmatic condition because the intensity of pain rarely corresponds to the clinical signs of the disease. Various local, systemic and psychological factors are associated with BMS, but its etiology is not fully understood. Also there is no consensus on the diagnosis and classification of BMS. A substantial volume of research has been focused ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.582