DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i01.025

Pages: 130-132

Objective: To calculate the incidence of burning mouth syndrome (BMS) diagnosed in the Department of Medicine, Medical College of Theni. Material and Methods: Diagnoses of BMS were confirmed through the presence of burning pain symptoms of the oral mucosa with normal oral examination findings and no associated clinical signs. Results: Eighty five incident cases were confirmed, majority of the 69 patients were female (81.1%). The mean age at diagnosis was 62.6 years (range, 19–96 years). At diagnosis, 9.4 % of patients were current smokers and 22.3% were prior smokers. The tongue was the most frequently involved anatomic. Intensity of reported pain had a broad range, but most of them had mild pain (57.6%) followed by moderate pain (30.5%). Disease was commonly symmetrical on both the mediolateral (95.2%) and anteroposterior (80.0%) axes. Pain was typically continuous (94.1%) and present throughout the day (81.1%). Conclusion: The results of our study show BMS is an uncommon disease, highly associated with both advancing age and female sex. Typical symptom characteristics show mild, symmetrical, bilateral burning pain of the tongue that is continuous throughout ......................