Relationship between subjective taste sensations and taste strip test in patients with taste disorders with and without burning mouth syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Both subjective and objective evaluations are required to assess taste function. Evaluation of taste function has important clinical significances in patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) due to pain-taste interactions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between subjective and objective taste evaluations in patients with taste disorders based on the presence of BMS.

Materials and methods

Fifty-one patients with taste disturbances were included. The patients completed questionnaires on subjective taste sensations. The taste strip test was performed to examine objective taste function. The patients were divided into two groups: subjects with BMS (n = 24, 3 males and 21 females) and without BMS (n = 27, 8 males and 19 females).

SUBMITTER: Park YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588820 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature