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10th Edition of International Conference on
Dentistry and Oral Health

March 13-15, 2025 | Rome, Italy
Dental 2023

Mehdi Khemiss

Mehdi Khemiss, Speaker at CE Accredited Dental Conferences
Faculty of Dental Medicine of Monastir, Tunisia
Title : Placebo effect in burning mouth syndrome

Abstract:

Introduction: Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) is defined as an idiopathic orofacial pain with intraoral burning or dysaesthesia. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze scientific literature with regard to the placebo effect in patients with BMS.
Methods: A literature search was conducted through the Pubmed indexed for Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Trip databases from their inception to May 31st, 2021. The search terms were defined by combining (Mesh Terms OR Key Words) from “Burning mouth syndrome” AND (Mesh Terms OR Key Words) from “Placebo”. Methodological quality assessment was performed utilizing the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical appraisal tool, attributing scores from 1 to 11 to the selected studies. Literature search, study selection, and data extraction were carried out by two authors. Differences on issues were resolved by a third author, if necessary.
Results: A total of 44 articles met the inclusion criteria. After assessing full-text articles for eligibility, 20 articles were excluded. Consequently, 24 articles were retained. A total of twenty-one studies included in this systematic review have a low score of bias. In 13 studies, a positive response to the placebo was noted. Among them, seven showed a placebo response indistinguishable from active treatment. These changes are more pronounced in patients receiving a placebo compared to active treatment in one study.
Conclusion: Placebo therapy may occasionally be both beneficial and ethically acceptable for patients with BMS. In order to get strong evidence for placebo use, future studies with standardized methodology and outcomes are required. 

Biography:

Mehdi Khemiss, a 38 years old doctor of Dental Medicine since 2010, graduated from the only faculty of dental in Tunisia. He obtained a master's degree in 2012 (University of Sfax) and a Ph.D. in 2018 (University of Tunis El Manar). He is an associate professor at the University of Monastir teaching Oral physiology, General physiology, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics. He is also an oral facial pain and TMD consultant since 2015 at the department of Dental Medicine at Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital.

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