Burning mouth syndrome.
Most clinicians dread seeing the patient presenting with a primary complaint of a burning pain on one or more oral mucosal surfaces. Unlike most other clinical conditions presenting in a dental office, burning mouth syndrome is recently, advances have been made towards clarifying the possible etiology of the disorder and testing the possible therapeutic modalities available. This article attempts to summarize the "state of the art" today.
Mock
David
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Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. david.mock@dentistry.utoronto.ca
Chugh
Deepika
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