Table 5.

Site of pain in the BMS and AO patients

	BMS		AO
	n	%	n	%
Tongue margin	106	85.5	3	8.3
Dorsum of tongue	76	61.3	1	2.8
Lips	14	11.3	0	0
Gingival	15	11.2	12	33.3
Hard palate	23	18.5	4	11.1
Buccal mucosa	2	1.6	0	0
Face	4	3.2	13	36.1
Maxillary posterior tooth	5	4	13	36.1
Maxillary anterior tooth	7	5.6	9	25
Mandibular posterior tooth	3	2.4	11	30.6
Mandibular anterior tooth	5	4	4	11.1
Dental implant	1	0.8	1	2.8
In whole mouth	6	4.8	2	5.6

Abbreviations: BMS, burning mouth syndrome; AO, atypical odontalgia.