Somesthetic, gustatory, olfactory function and salivary flow in patients with neuropathic trigeminal pain.
Oral Dis
; 16(5): 482-7, 2010 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To determine somesthetic, olfactory, gustative and salivary abnormalities in patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS), idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (ITN) and trigeminal postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
Twenty patients from each group (BMS, ITN, PHN) and 60 healthy controls were evaluated with a systematized quantitative approach of thermal (cold and warm), mechanical, pain, gustation, olfaction and salivary flow; data were analyzed with ANOVA, Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn tests with a level of significance of 5%.RESULTS:
There were no salivary differences among the groups with matched ages; the cold perception was abnormal only at the mandibular branch of PHN (P = 0.001) and warm was abnormal in all trigeminal branches of PHN and BMS; mechanical sensitivity was altered at the mandibular branch of PHN and in all trigeminal branches of BMS. The salty, sweet and olfactory thresholds were higher in all studied groups; the sour threshold was lower and there were no differences of bitter.CONCLUSION:
All groups showed abnormal thresholds of gustation and olfaction; somesthetic findings were discrete in ITN and more common in PHN and BMS; central mechanisms of balance of sensorial inputs might be underlying these observations.
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Assunto principal:
Saliva
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Sensação
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Olfato
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Paladar
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Neuralgia do Trigêmeo
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oral Dis
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil