Neuropsychiб peculiarities in mouth burning syndrome

Nerve injury or their dysfunction after oral or facial trauma or medical interventions may be the source of pain in mouth burning syndrome. Burning pain is a typical feature of painful conditions caused by nerve injury. Somatosensory anomalies are typical in such patients. Chronic pain may be connected with changes in the sympathetic nervous system as well as with blood flow disturbances. While peripheral lesions may be provoking factors, critical pathogenetic factors are subsequent neuroplastic changes in central nociceptive structures. Changes in central neurons (in addition to peripheral mechanisms) may also be responsible for burning painful sensation.

mouth burning syndrome, dentistry, orofacial pain, depression, dyssomnia, neurovegetative reactivity