Background Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a neuropathic orofacial pain condition of
unknown aetiology that encompasses intra‐oral burning pain without abnormal clinical …

Responses to capsaicin are reduced following repeated exposure, a phenomenon known
as capsaicin desensitization. Heavy consumers of chilies consistently report reduced oral …

Pain of the oral mucosa is a common accompanying symptom of various oral mucosal
lesions caused by local and systemic diseases. Pain of the oral mucosa is usually …

The results of a recent and very interesting meta-analysis by Petersen et al. 7 open to
discussion of the extent of the nocebo effect in pain, and the importance of minimizing this …

Background Offset analgesia (OA) is commonly used to quantify endogenous pain inhibition.
However, the potential role of afferent inputs and the subsequent peripheral factors from …

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by chronic burning pain in a normal-
appearing oral mucosa. An important implication regarding the mechanism of pathogenesis …

Objective. This study set out to identify the neuropathic component of pain experienced by
burning mouth syndrome (BMS) patients evaluated using painDETECT, a diagnostic tool …

Background Pain is a subjective experience characterized by sensory (intensity) and
emotional (unpleasantness) aspects. Although literature reports behavioural effects on pain …

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is often an idiopathic chronic and intractable pain condition,
affecting 1.5–5.5% of middle-aged and elderly women. We have studied the heat and …

This study aimed to determine perceptual response differences and characterize
desensitization to capsaicin over time across several oral cavity mucosae–the tongue …