Burning mouth syndrome among Saudi subjects

ABSTRACT

This article represented 59 Saudi subjects complained from burning mouthsyndrome [BMS]. It is a condition characterized by a painful tongue or oralmucosa. The data were collected retrospectively over a period of four years[1988-1992], in subjects having only systemic diseases precipitating thecondition. BMS was common in anemic and diabetic subjects. The syndromedistribution was 37.3% and 30.5% respectively. It was less common inrheumatoid arthritis and psychiatric subjects [16.9% and 15.3%] respectively. In conclusion, the results helped in differential diagnosis of BMS. In caseof indecisive results obtained after excluding local and systemic factorspsychosis would be greatly considered