Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

SCALDED MOUTH SYNDROME: A CHRONIC ORO- FACIAL PAIN DISORDER

Dr. Ashish Pilania, Dr. Sugandha Arya, Dr. Jitender Kumar, Dr. Sanjay Talnia, Dr. Aditi Suhag

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:MinionPro-Regular;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Burning Mouth Syndrome is a type of chronic oro- facial pain disorder of neuropathic/idiopathic origin. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The term <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:&#10;italic">burning mouth syndrome </span>is reserved for describing oral burning that has no detectable cause. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">It</span> is accompanied by xerostomia and dysgeusia, and the tongue apex is the most commonly affected site. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:PalatinoLinotype-Roman;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Patient reports intense burning </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">as if the mouth or tongue were &lsquo;scalded or burnt. Hence, it has been termed as scalded mouth syndrome. The lack of understanding the cause and mechanism behind the syndrome adds to the difficulty in finding a therapeutic management program. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Clinical significance</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;MinionPro-Regular;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Chronic oro-facial pain disorders are diagnoses of exclusion, often suffer from misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Hence, a thorough understanding of the etiology and psychological impact of this disorder, combined with novel pharmacological interventions is required for better management.<o:p></o:p></span></p>