title: [Burning mouth syndrome].
abstract: Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is a frequent disease characterized by a burning or painful sensation in the tongue and/or other oral sites without clinical mucosal abnormalities or lesions. The etiopathology is unknown although local, systemic and psychological factors have been connected with BMS. As this syndrome is a multifactorial disease, the diagnostic and therapeutic approach should be multidisciplinary. In this paper a review of the literature is presented and the most recent advancement on clinical, etiologic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of BMS are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Parodontologia, Istituto di Clinica Odontoiatrica, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy. forabosco.andrea@unimo.it
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forabosco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Negro
mesh_terms: D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans