Introduction

Oral health care providers may have clients with a chief complaint of burning and painful sensations in the oral cavity. In many cases, the mucosa is absent of any noticeable disease. This situation has been referred to as burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a multifactorial syndrome.1 It is also known as glossodynia, stomatodynia, glossopyrosis, stomatopyrosis, or oral dysesthesia.2 Since its etiology is not fully understood, identification of symptoms, rather than objective clinical or laboratory findings, is often used to assess this condition. Therefore, attempts to treat the condition have had limited success and more study is needed.2