Cognitive therapy in the treatment of patients with resistant burning mouth syndrome: a controlled study

Abstract

The effect of cognitive therapy (CT) on resistant burning mouth syndrome (BMS) was studied. Thirty patients with resistant BMS after odontological and medical treatment were randomly divided into two equal groups; a therapy group (TG) was treated with CT and an attention/placebo group (APG) served as a control group. The intensity of BMS, which was estimated by the use of a visual analogue scale, was significantly reduced in the TG directly after CT was completed and was further reduced in a 6-month follow-up. The APG did not show any decrease in intensity of BMS. The results of this study indicate that, in some cases, resistant BMS probably is of psychological origin.

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“…21 Results of studies into treatment of BMS by cognitive behavioural therapy indicate that, in some cases at least, BMS does have components of psychological origin. 22 A Cochrane review of interventions for BMS found that cognitive behavioural therapy was one of only three interventions resulting in the reduction of BMS symptoms. 23 Cognitive behavioural therapy is currently used to treat a variety of mental disorders including depression, anxiety, phobias and pain complexes.…”

A multidisciplinary clinical study of patients suffering from illness associated with release of mercury from dental restorations: Medical and odontological aspects

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