FORENSIC AND ETHICAL PARTICULAR ISSUES IN THE CASE OF IDIOPATHIC BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME (BMS)
C. Dugan, #, B. O. Popescu, B. I. Coculescu, I. A. Stanciu, #, E. Ionescu, C. VlÄdan, #, C. M. Stocheci, #, E. C. Coculescu
Abstract: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic clinical condition, characterized clinically by the persistent sensation of pain perceived in the form of burning or stinging in the oral mucosa, which does not yield to the usual local or systemic therapies, without being accompanied by BMS normal clinical or biological results. It is a little-known disease outside oral pathology, so it is frequently underdiagnosed, late-diagnosed therapies are often inadequate and sometimes can be a cause of iatrogenicity and polypragmasia. In our article, we want to expose a series of ethical and medico-legal aspects about burning mouth syndrome that will facilitate the understanding of the sources of diagnostic errors and possible malpractice in addressing this condition. It is our belief that as this pathology is better known and understood, including from an ethical and forensic perspective, therapeutic goals can be achieved more easily, within the current knowledge of the disease. Keywords: idiopathic burning mouth syndrome (BMS), ethical and medico-legal issues, misdiagnosis and late diagnosis, oral pathology.
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