Psychophysical assessment of tactile, pain and thermal sensory functions in burning mouth syndrome.

摘要: Tactile, two-point discrimination, thermal change detection and heat pain thresholds as well oral stereognostic ability, warmth scaling tolerance were compared in a group of 72 subjects with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) 43 age- sex-matched control subjects. No differences found between the BMS for any sensory modalities tested except tolerance. Pain was significantly decreased at tongue tip, site clinical approximately 85% this study, but not cutaneous lower lip which only 17% study. In addition, no who reported on mucosal (approximately 49% subjects), those without 51% subjects). These findings do suggest psychogenic origin alteration subjects, instead specific changes their peripheral or central functions.