COGNITIVE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT BURNINGMOUTH SYNDROME - A CONTROLLED-STUDY

The effect of cognitive therapy (CT) on resistant burning mouth syndro me (EMS) was studied. Thirty patients with resistant EMS after odontol ogical and medical treatment were randomly divided into two equal grou ps; a therapy group (TG) was treated with CT and an attention/placebo group (APG) served as a control group. The intensity of EMS, which was estimated by the use of a visual analogue scale, was significantly re duced in the TG directly after CT was completed and was further reduce d in a 6-month follow-up. The APG did not show any decrease in intensi ty of EMS. The results of this study indicate that, in some cases, res istant EMS probably is of psychological origin.