Personal Diagnosis
The condition can be related to diabetes, blood disorders, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal changes, infections, physical, or psychological causes. Understanding these conditions and how they can interact is important.
This is the reason you should seek specialist knowledge from a maxillofacial surgeon. They can assess and examine you and explore a wide range of possible causes.
Many cases of burning mouth require further investigations, including blood testing to detect underlying triggers such as abnormal thyroid function.
Dedicated Treatment
Nobody should ever give you a guarantee that burning mouth syndrome will be cured. The condition often has a number of complex triggers including psychological, hormonal and neurological, which are not fully understood.
Our Maxillofacial surgeons are however experienced in treating the tissues of your face and mouth. Their understanding can bring a specific diagnosis and treatment. They have expertise in identifying whether factors such as a wrongly fitting denture, unsuitable dental work, a traceable infection, even the wrong mouthwash might be contributory.
There will always be an attempt to identify if a range of underlying medical conditions could be the cause, which when treated may relieve the symptoms.
As with other neurological conditions that cause facial pain, long term, low dosage anti depressant medication can be a help. Moderate dose anti convulsant medicines may suit in a few cases, possibly in a combined approach. Our specialists will consider these options and discuss them with you as part of a strategy to treat your symptoms.
We recognise the discomfort and distress burning mouth syndrome can bring. The team at our London clinic are here to find effective treatment for you.