title: Taste evaluation in adolescents and pediatric patients with benign migratory glossitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Benign migratory glossitis (BMG) is a disease that affects the tongue and is considered an inflammatory disorder well recognized. It is characterized by the appearance of erosive areas on the dorsum and lateral border of the tongue that can be isolated or multiple. The aim of this study was to assess whether the perception of taste to the four basic tastes is altered due to the presence of BMG.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty individuals of both sexes with a mean age of 12.1 years were divided into two groups (20 BMG patients and 20 healthy controls) and had their taste function assessed in relation to four basic tastes: bitter, sour, sweet, and salty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants in the case group exhibited lesions over the dorsum, edges and tip of the tongue with a possible extension to the surface below. No statistic difference was observed between BMG patients and controls for the taste scores (Mann-Whitney U test: P=0.0955). The percentage of correctly identified taste strips for the highest concentrations was 100% for all tastes. For the lowest concentrations it was 85% for sweet, 50% for sour, 95% for salty, and 95% for bitter. Three patients with BMG and three control subjects showed hypogeusia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study revealed that BMG is not able to change the perception of taste for salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil.
authors.forename: Iran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: José Miguel Amenabar
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Céspedes
authors.forename: Maria Ângela Naval
authors.initials: MÂ
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: João Armando
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brancher
authors.forename: Antonio Adilson Soares de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000370:Ageusia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005929:Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055697:Taste Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013652:Taste Threshold / Q000502:physiology*