EVALUATION OF MULTIPLE ETIOLOGIC FACTORS RELATED TO BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME

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1 Associate Professor, Oral Radiology, Diagnosis & Oral Medicine Department, RAK College of Dental Sciences ; RAK Medical & Health Sciences University.

2 Research Student in RAK College of Dental Sciences; RAK Medical & Health Sciences University.

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This study was designed to evaluate the etiologic factors of Burning mouth syndrome and explore its characteristics with the specific outcome of increasing awareness of the condition as well as the pathogenesis. The study was performed on (60) patients of both sexes and different ages, from those (30) patients as a Group (A)were included which had a chief complaint of burning sensation and the remaining (30) patients were chosen free from any kind of pain or disease were considered as a Control Normal Group (B). All of these patients were evaluated by means of questionnaire, thorough Clinical Intra and Extra oral examinations and Salivary flow measurements were taken by schirmer tear strip test. The correlation between statistical analysis of both Groups (A&B) assured the findings of this study that Age-adjusted incidence was higher in women than Men as well as the Postmenopausal women was the highest disease incidence. Also; other factors as (tobacco, oral lesion, stress, problems with dentition, some food allergy) can be accelerated to severe conditions.

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