Abstract

CASTILLO, F  and  ALDAPE, B. Associated factors of burning mouth syndrome in a population of Mexican women and its relation to climaterium. Av Odontoestomatol [online]. 2006, vol.22, n.3, pp.177-185. ISSN 2340-3152.

Objective: To identify the associated factors to present BMS in a population of Mexican women, to thus be able to obtain a diagnosis right with that it is possible to offer a better treatment to this. Methods: A clinical history for patients was applied special for BMS, those patients  in those who she suspects herself the BMS. In addition it was carried out the oral exploration in search of clinical data and studies of laboratory, including estrogenic levels in blood. They studied e they identified the local, systemic and psychogenic factors in each patient. The corresponding remissions became and a treatment was applied alternative with infusion of nopal and capsaicina. Results: Of a total of 833 patients, 13 subjects with BMS were diagnosed. Of these 11 women, of 51 to 83 years of age. The 90.9% of the patients present/display depression and anxiety, in addition to other emotional upheavals like problems intrarelatives. Conclusions: The psychogenic factor was most frequent in this population, followed by irritating hypo salivation and local factors. This is probably had own to socioeconomic and cultural aspects of Mexican woman, which are added to the postmenopausal alterations by deficit estrogenic and own factors of the age, causing emotional disorder and lack of medical and dental attention.

Keywords : Burning Mouth Syndrome; Climacteric; Hiposalivation; Medicaments.

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