OWN - Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH CI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH OCI - Copyright Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH TA - J Orofac Pain JT - Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache IS - 2333-0376 (Electronic) IS - 2333-0384 (Print) IP - 3 VI - 34 PST - ppublish DP - 2020 PG - 217-221 LA - en TI - Taste and Pain Response in Burning Mouth Syndrome With and Without Geographic Tongue FAU - Su, Nan AU - Su N FAU - Poon, Renee AU - Poon R FAU - Liu, Cindy AU - Liu C FAU - Dewan, Crystal AU - Dewan C FAU - Darling, Mark AU - Darling M FAU - Grushka, Miriam AU - Grushka M CN - OT - burning mouth syndrome OT - geographic tongue OT - pain intensity OT - taste AB - Aims: To assess the effect of geographic tongue (GT) on taste, salivary flow, and pain characteristics in burning mouth syndrome (BMS) to determine whether GT is a contributing factor to BMS and whether BMS and GT represent similar patient populations. Methods: A retrospective chart study was conducted. Patients with a diagnosis of BMS or BMS/GT were included. Data regarding smell testing, spatial taste-testing, salivary flow, oral pH, and subjective pain rating on a generalized labeled magnitude scale (gLMS) were collected. Results: No significant differences in age, gender, oral pH, smell, or pain were found between groups. Stimulated and unstimulated salivary flow were significantly lower in BMS/GT. Taste responses to all taste stimuli and to ethanol were significantly lower in BMS, with the exception of sour at the fungiform papillae. Conclusion: BMS and BMS/GT present with similar clinical pain phenotype and demographics; however, taste was more intact in BMS/GT, suggesting that GT may be a contributing factor in the development of BMS through a mechanism that does not involve taste. AID - 851557