title: Evaluation of select neurophysiological, clinical and psychological tests for burning mouth syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to identify, among an array of potential risk factors for burning mouth syndrome (BMS), those that are potentially the most significant in the development of the disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-three participants, divided into group I (with BMS: 33 patients ages 41 to 82 years [mean age: 61.5 ± 9.4]) and group II (without BMS: 30 healthy volunteers ages 42-83 years [mean age: 60.5 ± 10.5]) were studied. All underwent a dental examination and psychological tests. Neurological tests (neurophysiological test, electroneurography, and tests of the autonomic nervous system) were performed. Mean parameters were analyzed by Student t test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and χ(2) test, and multifactor analysis was performed with logistic regression and by calculating the odds ratio.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the logistic regression test, 3 factors were significant in the etiopathogenesis of BMS: a value more than 39 μV for the amplitude of the positive peak of the potential induced by stimulating the trigeminal nerve on the left side (P2-L); a value above 5.96 ms for the latency of wave V of the brainstem auditory evoked potentials on the right side (V-R); and a value over 2.35 ms for the latency of the sensory ulnar nerve response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BMS sufferer was characterized as having mild sensory and autonomic small fiber neuropathy with concomitant central disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. m-mendak@wp.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendak-Ziółko
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konopka
authors.forename: Zdzisław Artur
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bogucki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology; D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010555:Personality Inventory; D019338:Polypharmacy; D054969:Primary Dysautonomias / Q000175:diagnosis; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D012907:Smoking; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology