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Abstract: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic intraoral pain state that has been described as burning pain, tingling or numbness in the oral mucosa, in the absence of any organic disease. Most often affecting the tongue, anterior palate, and/or lips. The diagnosis of primary BMS is purely clinical and based on patients' description of typical subjective symptoms as well on the exclusion of any systemic or local factors that may give rise to secondary burning pain sensations within the oral mucosa. Relevant studies links BMS to a peripheral neuropathy and BMS patients have revealed distinct abnormalities within the trigeminofacial large and small fiber systems and the trigeminal brainstem complex. Therefore, treatment approach should involve a multidisciplinary character similar to the treatment for neuropathic pain including factors that might also play a role on the BMS etiology and pathophysiology.
Resumen: El síndrome de la boca ardiente (SBA) es un estado crónico de dolor intraoral descrito por pacientes como dolor o sensación quemante, de cosquilleo o adormecimiento de la mucosa oral, con ausencia de lesiones visibles en la boca. Puede afectar la lengua, el paladar anterior y o los labios. Su diagnóstico es basado en la típica descripción subjetiva del paciente, excluyendo cualquier otro factor sistémico o local que podría provocar cualquier otra sensación quemante dentro de la mucosa oral. Estudios relevantes han mostrado que SBA primario parece tener una patofisiología de origen de tipo neuropático donde pacientes con SBA pueden presentar distintas anormalidades en el complejo trigeminal a nivel de las fibras sensoriales delgadas y gruesas. Por tanto, el tratamiento y manejo de estos pacientes debe ser de la misma manera multidisciplinaria como en el caso con el dolor neuropático, sin olvidar incluir el manejo de todos los factores que podrían intervenir en la etiología del SBA.
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Síndrome da Ardência Bucal/diagnóstico , Odontalgia , Doenças do Nervo FacialRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Tooth wear is a common finding in adult patients with dental sleep disorders. The aim of this paper was to review the literature on the possible associations between tooth wear and the following dental sleep disorders: sleep-related oro-facial pain, oral moistening disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and sleep bruxism. METHODS: A PubMed search was performed on 1 June 2018 using MeSH terms in the following query: Tooth Wear AND (Facial Pain OR Temporomandibular Joint Disorders OR Xerostomia OR Sialorrhea OR Gastroesophageal Reflux OR Sleep Apnea Syndrome OR Sleep Bruxism). RESULTS: The query yielded 706 reports on tooth wear and the mentioned dental sleep disorders. Several associations between tooth wear and the dental sleep disorders were suggested in the literature. It could be concluded that: (a) tooth wear is associated with dental pain and/or hypersensitivity; (b) oral dryness is associated with tooth wear, oro-facial pain and sleep bruxism; (c) GERD is associated with tooth wear, oro-facial pain, oral dryness, OSAS and sleep bruxism; (d) OSAS is associated with oral dryness, GERD and sleep bruxism; and (e) sleep bruxism is associated with tooth wear. CONCLUSIONS: Tooth wear is associated with the dental sleep disorders oro-facial pain, oral dryness, GERD and sleep bruxism. The dental sleep disorders are interlinked with each other, which leads to indirect associations as well, and makes the consequences of each single condition difficult to disentangle. Knowledge of these associations is clinically relevant, but more research is needed to confirm their validity.
