title: Burning Mouth Syndrome.
abstract: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is an enigmatic, misunderstood, and under-recognized painful condition. Symptoms associated with BMS can be varied, thereby providing a challenge for practitioners and having a negative impact on oral health-related quality of life for patients. Management also remains a challenge for practitioners because it is currently only targeted for symptom relief without a definitive cure. There is an urgent need for further investigations to determine the efficacy of different therapies because this is the only way viable therapeutic options can be established for patients with this chronic and painful syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry, 1100 Florida Avenue, Box 140, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA. Electronic address: gklass@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Klasser
authors.affiliation: William Osler Health Centre, 974 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M6C 2C5, Canada.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grushka
authors.affiliation: 974 Eginton Ave W, Toronto, Ontario M6C 2C5, Canada.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Burning mouth syndrome; Glossodynia; Neuropathic; Oral burning