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Anxiety and salivary cortisol levels in patients with burning mouth syndrome: case-control study
José Miguel Amenábar1, Josiane Pawlowski, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert
1Oral Medicine Department, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. jamenaba@gmail.com
Objective:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the anxiety and salivary cortisol levels in patients with burning mouth syndrome.
Study Design:
A case-control ed into 2 groups: BMS, with diagnosis of the syndrome, and control, without any complaint of burning mouth. Anamnesis, oral examination, sialometry, the application anxiety inventory, and 3 saliva samples for cortisol analysis were done in every patient.
Results:
Statistical difference for subjective xerostomia was found on the BMS group (P = .01), but salivary flow rate was normal in both groups. BMS group presented higher anxiety (P = .001) and salivary cortisol levels (P = .003) when compared with the control group.
Conclusion:
Higher anxiety and salivary cortisol levels were positively associated with the presence of BMS.
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