Taste Perception and Saliva Composition Are Not Altered in Burning Mouth Syndrome.

Objectives: To study the connections between burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and taste perception and saliva, and interactions between saliva and taste in BMS patients compared to age- and gender-matched control subjects.

Materials And Methods: A total of 31 BMS patients (43-82 years) and 20 age- and gender-matched volunteers (44-78 years) participated. The taste sensation for six tastants was measured using both the taste strips protocol and the whole-mouth evaluation method.

Neurophysiology and genetics of burning mouth syndrome.

Background And Aims: Neuropathic mechanisms are involved in burning mouth syndrome (BMS), and variation of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene contributes to experimental pain perception. We investigated whether neurophysiologic findings differ in BMS patients compared to healthy controls, and whether 957C>T polymorphism of the DRD2 gene influences thermal sensitivity or pain experience in BMS.

Methods: Forty-five BMS patients (43 women), mean age 62.

Craniofacial features in osteogenesis imperfecta: a cephalometric study.

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous group of connective tissue diseases that mainly manifest as bone fragility and skeletal deformity. In most families it segregates as a dominant trait and results from mutations in type I collagen genes. In this study we analyzed the size and form of the bony structures in heads of 59 consecutive patients with OI types I, III, or IV (Sillence classification), using lateral radiographs.