ABSTRACT
Resumen Los trastornos del gusto constituyen un grupo de alteraciones relativamente frecuentes en la práctica clínica. Son de etiología diversa, pudiendo afectar la vía gustativa en distintos niveles, manifestándose, clínicamente, con alteraciones cuantitativas y/o cualitativas de la sensibilidad gustativa. En gran parte de los casos se puede lograr un diagnóstico etiológico con una anamnesis adecuada, examen físico y exploraciones complementarias básicas. No obstante, existe poco entendimiento de su patogénesis, así como limitadas opciones terapéuticas, lo que implica la falta de algoritmos de diagnóstico y tratamiento completamente validados. El objetivo de la presente revisión es otorgar una actualización y un abordaje práctico de los trastornos del gusto.
Abstract Taste disorders represent a group of alterations relatively frequent in clinical practice. They have a diverse etiology, and they can affect the gustatory pathway at different levels, clinically manifesting with quantitative/qualitative alterations on taste sensitivity. In most of cases it is possibly to achieve an etiologically diagnosis with appropriate anamnesis, physical exploration, and basic complementary tests. However, their pathogenesis is not well understood, and they have limited therapeutic options, which determines a lack of well-validated diagnosis and treatment algorithms. The objective of this review is to provide and update and a practical approach to taste disorders.
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Humans , Taste Disorders/classification , Taste Disorders/diagnosis , Taste Disorders/etiology , Taste Disorders/therapy , Burning Mouth Syndrome , Ageusia , DysgeusiaABSTRACT
Since there are not specific pathogens for most of the intraoral lesions and there is not unique protocol for their therapies and also some of these drugs are not accessible in Iran, we decided to introduce the drugs most available and appropriate in our country. This study has been done by review discussion procedures. The articles were extracted from native, foreign and international journals, medline, books and theses. Whole part of therapies were considered in these articles. The following lesions were discussed in this study: 1- Primary and secondary herpetic gingivostomatitis, 2- Recurrent Aphthus stomatitis, 3- Lichen planus, 4-Candidiasis, 5- Burning sensation in oral cavity, 6- Xerostomia and 7- taste disorder. As we know there are several kinds of medications for each lesion, although most of them have side effects, and some of them can not be found in our country, we have tried to do our best to suggest appropriate drugs for each intraoral disorders
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Disease Management , Stomatitis, Herpetic/therapy , Stomatitis, Aphthous/therapy , Lichen Planus/therapy , Candidiasis/therapy , Burning Mouth Syndrome/therapy , Xerostomia/therapy , Taste Disorders/therapyABSTRACT
Las alteraciones en el sentido del gusto son problemas que por lo general han recibido poca atención de la comunidad médica, por una parte el diagnóstico es complicado, y por otra no existe un tratamiento estandarizado. Se hace una revisión de la literatura y se enfatiza la necesidad del estomatólogo de profundizar sobre estos trastornos, para formar parte del equipo multidisciplinario que se requiere en este tipo de pacientes