Burning mouth syndrome

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  • Syndrome of chronic oral pain
  • Mostly affects perimenopausal or postmenopaulsa women
  • Pathophysiology thought to be neuropathic
  • Pain is characterized as burning of oral mucosa, and may have associated dysgeusia, paresthesia, dysesthesia, and xerostomia
  • Treatments include alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation, topical clonazepam, gabapentin, combination ALA and gabapentin, Catauma, or bupivacaine[1]
  1. Liu YF, Kim Y, Yoo T, Han P, Inman JC. Burning mouth syndrome: a systematic review of treatments. Oral Dis. 2018 Apr;24(3):325-334. doi: 10.1111/odi.12660. Epub 2017 Mar 30. PMID: 28247977.

References

  1. ^  YF Liu, Y Kim, T Yoo, P Han, JC Inman. Burning mouth syndrome: a systematic review of treatments. Oral Diseases. 2017;24(3):325-334. doi:10.1111/odi.12660.