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Thermal quantitative sensory testing in burning mouth syndrome. 2021

Anne Wolowski, and N Schwarzbach, and H Hörning
Poliklinik für Prothetische Zahnmedizin und Biomaterialien, Bereich Psychosomatik und Psychopathologie in der Zahnheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Münster - Zentrum ZMK, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1/W30, 48149, Münster, Germany. wolowsk@uni-muenster.de.

OBJECTIVE Subjects with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) have altered sensitivity and pain thresholds for thermal stimuli compared to a control group. METHODS Fourteen women and 6 men (average age = 62.60 years, median = 63.50) with BMS and a control group were tested using the method of thermal quantitative sensory testing (tQST) (tip, right, and left lateral border of the tongue, left thumb) to determine their heat/cold detection threshold (WDT/CDT) and heat/cold pain threshold (HPT/CPT). RESULTS Only the CPT values at the tip and both lateral border of the tongue show a statistically significant difference: tip of the tongue: sick = 12.0 ± 5.5 °C, median 14.2°C; healthy = 4.5 ± 2.9 °C; median = 6.4 °C; p = 0.000; right lateral border: sick = 8.55 ± 3.34 °C; healthy = 4.46 ± 1.90 °C; median 5.8 °C; p < 0.001; left lateral border: sick = 10.18 ± 3.94 °C¸ healthy = 4.15 ± 2.18 °C; median = 6.0 °C; p < 0.001. CONCLUSIONS BMS may be a combination of a dysfunction of free nociceptive nerve endings in the peripheral nervous system and impaired pain processing in the central nervous system. CONCLUSIONS This preliminary study provides hints to other causes of BMS. This offers the possibility of further therapeutic options.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010146 Pain An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS. Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D010147 Pain Measurement Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies. Analgesia Tests,Analogue Pain Scale,Formalin Test,McGill Pain Questionnaire,Nociception Tests,Pain Assessment,Pain Intensity,Pain Severity,Tourniquet Pain Test,Visual Analogue Pain Scale,Analog Pain Scale,Assessment, Pain,McGill Pain Scale,Visual Analog Pain Scale,Analgesia Test,Analog Pain Scales,Analogue Pain Scales,Formalin Tests,Intensity, Pain,Measurement, Pain,Nociception Test,Pain Assessments,Pain Intensities,Pain Measurements,Pain Questionnaire, McGill,Pain Scale, Analog,Pain Scale, Analogue,Pain Scale, McGill,Pain Severities,Pain Test, Tourniquet,Questionnaire, McGill Pain,Scale, Analog Pain,Scale, Analogue Pain,Scale, McGill Pain,Severity, Pain,Test, Analgesia,Test, Formalin,Test, Nociception,Test, Tourniquet Pain,Tests, Nociception,Tourniquet Pain Tests
D002054 Burning Mouth Syndrome A group of painful oral symptoms associated with a burning or similar sensation. There is usually a significant organic component with a degree of functional overlay; it is not limited to the psychophysiologic group of disorders. Burning Mouth Syndromes,Mouth Syndrome, Burning,Mouth Syndromes, Burning,Syndrome, Burning Mouth,Syndromes, Burning Mouth
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014059 Tongue A muscular organ in the mouth that is covered with pink tissue called mucosa, tiny bumps called papillae, and thousands of taste buds. The tongue is anchored to the mouth and is vital for chewing, swallowing, and for speech. Tongues
D017288 Pain Threshold Amount of stimulation required before the sensation of pain is experienced. Pain Thresholds,Threshold, Pain,Thresholds, Pain

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