BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME - Burning Mouth Syndrome & Menopause Treatment

BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME

Possible Treatments: Will vary depending on the cause. For the 70% of people where no diagnosis can be pinpointed, your dentist will treat the symptoms through:

Antifungal therapy

Vitamin and mineral replacements

Creams or lozenges containing capsaicin .....low doses of capsaicin (a red pepper
derivative that works by overwhelming the mouth by providing the pain with a distraction.).

Hormonal replacement

Antidepressants (to mask the burning sensation that occurs on the tongue by changing the brain chemicals)

Mental health counseling

Intraoral appliances

Topical rinses,

Anesthetics

Thioctic acid may be a treatment for burning mouth syndrome:
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS): double blind controlled study of alpha-lipoic acid (thioctic acid) therapy.

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) has features of a neuropathy and could be related to the production of the toxic free radicals that are released in stress situations. Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant able to increase the levels of intracellular glutathione and eliminate free radicals. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of alpha-lipoic acid in the therapy of BMS. METHOD: This was a double blind, controlled study conducted for two months on 60 patients with constant BMS. Comparing alpha-lipoic acid (test) with cellulose starch (placebo), there was no laboratory evidence of deficiencies in iron, vitamins or thyroid function and no hyperglycaemia. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Following treatment with alpha-lipoic acid, there was a significant symptomatic improvement, compared with placebo, with the majority showing at least some improvement after 2 months, thus supporting the hypothesis that burning mouth syndrome is a neuropathy. This improvement was maintained in over 70% of patients at the 1 year follow-up.

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