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Pilot study: alleviation of pain in burning mouth syndrome with topical sucralose.

Hirsch, Alan R; Ziad, Alhumayyd; Kim, Ah Young; Lail, Navdeep Singh; Sharma, Sameer.

Headache ; 51(3): 444-446, 2011 Mar.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21352218

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Burning mouth syndrome affects 1-3% of the population The exact mechanism is unknown. Bartoshuk has demonstrated sweet hypogeusia in those with burning mouth syndrome. Intensification of sweet taste may compensate for this deficit and reduce the pain.

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Burning Mouth Syndrome/drug therapy , Pain/prevention & control , Sucrose/analogs & derivatives , Sweetening Agents/therapeutic use , Administration, Topical , Aged , Burning Mouth Syndrome/complications , Burning Mouth Syndrome/physiopathology , Chemoreceptor Cells/physiology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Pilot Projects , Sucrose/administration & dosage , Sucrose/therapeutic use , Sweetening Agents/administration & dosage , Treatment Outcome , Trigeminal Nerve/physiopathology

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