UNLABELLED Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is a disease that manifests as burning in the tongue or in any area of the oral mucosa, in the absence of clinically verifiable injuries. OBJECTIVES To verify the efficacy of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and gabapentin (GABA), used individually and jointly, to reduce the burning in patients with burning mouth and establish a drug therapy for the BMS. STUDY...

BACKGROUND Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic, intraoral burning sensation seen mainly in middle-aged and post-menopausal females, without identifiable oral lesions or abnormal laboratory findings, but often associated with psychogenic disorders such as depression. The latter can have a range of causes, including hormonal. OBJECTIVE Since there may be connections between BMS, psychogen...

INTRODUCTION Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by an oral burning sensation in the absence of any organic disorders of the oral cavity. Although the cause of BMS is not known, a complex association of biological and psychological factors has been identified, suggesting the existence of a multifactorial etiology. MATERIAL AND METHOD A PubMed/Medline search was used to identify arti...

Asha R Iyengar1, Seema Patil2, R Shriyanka3, B V Subash2 1Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D A P M RV Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D A P M RV Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital...

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by the presence of burning, paresthesia or pain of the oral mucosa in the absence of pathologic lesions revealed during the clinical examination. Moreover, the pain may be accompanied by oral dryness, hypersensitivity to some food compounds and taste disorders. Etiopathogenesis of this condition remains unclear. Potential local causative factors inc...