2014, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp 305 – 309
Coculescu EC *
Ţovaru Ş *
Coculescu BI **
* Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
** Discipline of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, “Titu Maiorescu" University, Bucharest
Correspondence to:Coculescu Bogdan-Ioan, PhD student Discipline of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, “Titu Maiorescu" University, Bucharest E-mail: bogdancoculescu@yahoo.fr
Abstract
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is defined as a chronic pain condition characterized by a burning sensation in clinically healthy oral mucosa. Incidence BMS diagnosed in the Department of Oral Medicine – Oral Pathology Dental Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest is 16,23%. The etiology of BMS remains far less known. This article makes an overview of the latest theories about possible etiopathogenic factors involved in the occurrence of BMS.
PMC ID: 4206710
PubMed ID: 25408745
DOI:
Article Publishing Date (print): 15-09-2014
Available Online: 25-09-2014
ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life
Copyright License: Open Access
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/
