Table 3. Somatosensory sensitivity in patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS).
| Study | • Sample size (% female) • Mean age in years (SD/range) |
Pain duration | Thermode size (mm) | Cephalic skin | Extra-cephalic skin | Quality assessment score (max 30) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Controls | WDT | HPT | CDT | CPT | MPT | HPT | ||||
| Albuquerque et al., 2006 [31] | • 8 (100) • 49 (41–71) |
• 8 (100) • 50 (12) |
> 24 m | 30x30 | NS | 28 | |||||
| Grémeau-Richard et al., 2010 [32] | • 20 (100) • 65 (8) |
• 20 (100) • 61 (7) |
≥ 4 m | 25x50 | NS | hyper | 27 | ||||
| Grushka et al., 1987 [33] | • 40 (?) • ? |
• 23 (?) • ? |
≥ 3 m | 7x7 | NS | NS | NS | 17 | |||
| Ito et al., 2002 [34] | • 20 (100) • 52 (43–64) |
• 20 (100) • 49 (35–59) |
> 36 m | ? | NS | 18 | |||||
| Kaplan et al., 2011 [35] | • 26 (?) • > 50 |
• 24 (?) • > 50 |
ND | 20x20 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 21 | ||
| Kutscher and Chilton, 1952 [36] | • 15 (73) • ? |
• 15 (73) • ? |
ND | NA (radiant heat) | NS | 7 | |||||
| de Siqueira et al., 2013 [37] | • 8 (100) • 67 (37–88) |
• 41 (46) • 64 (20) |
≥ 6 m | 9x9 | NS | NS | 26 | ||||
| Siviero et al., 2011 [38] | • 20 (80) • 61 (12) |
• 30 (33) • 69 (10) |
> 36 m | ? | hypo | NS | • hypo V2 • NS V3 |
25 | |||
| Svensson et al., 1993 [39] | • 23 (96) • 64 (50–87) |
• 23 (91) • 68 (46–81) |
ND | NA (Laser) | hypo | hypo | hypo | 21 | |||
CDT, cold detection threshold; CPT, cold pain threshold; HPT, heat pain threshold; hypo, hyposensitivity; hyper, hypersensitivity; M: mechanical; NA, Not applicable; NS, no significant difference compared to the control group;?, missing information.