Burning mouth syndrome is a painful condition of unknown etiology that impairs the quality of life and does not have an adequate therapeutic option. The purpose of this study is to determine the most effective treatment option for burning mouth syndrome, among oral probiotics, low-level laser, B-vitamin injections and informative treatment only.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
62
oral probiotics
low level laser treatment
intra muscular vitamin injections
School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Change in the patient's quality of life using Oral Health Impact Profile 14 questionnaire (OHIP-14)
change in the patient's quality of life determined by self-perceived quality of life questionnaire (Oral Health Impact Profile; OHIP-14)
Time frame: up to two months (follow up was one month after the end of treatment, in each patient)
Change in subjective burning symptoms
change of patient's subjective burning symptoms measured on visual analogue scale (VAS) grading from 0 to 10 (0- without burning, 10- the worst possible burning)
Time frame: up to two months (follow up was one month after the end of treatment, in each patient)
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