Year: 2012
Type: letter
Abstract: We read with great interest the letter by Coon et al. [1], recently published in this journal and we would like to focus our attention on the following concerns regarding this report: 1. Burning mouth syndrome is a chronic, idiopathic oral mucosal pain/discomfort, in which no clinical lesions or systemic diseases or other causes, especially drugs are identified [2, 3]. Some authors have used the term ‘‘secondary BMS’ ’ to indicate a form of oral complaint caused by local/systemic pathological conditions (including drugs), but even this term seems to be inappropriate, as the term ‘‘BMS’ ’ automatically excludes any known cause of any type of oropharyn-geal complaint. Clinically, it is absolutely mandatory to differentiate between any oral burning, which can
Source: The Journal of Headache and Pain
Authors: Giulio Fortuna, Annamaria Pollio
Language: English
Subfield: General Dentistry
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,990
OpenAlex ID: W2141433107