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ArticleCureus2025

Beyond Burning Mouth Pattern: A Veiled Masquerading Oral Health Anxiety Concern.

Srinivas Kandula, Atul Bajoria, Sangamesh Nc, Silpiranjan Mishra, Tania Biswas

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Srinivas KandulaDepartment of Oral Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, IND.
Atul BajoriaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Sangamesh NcDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Silpiranjan MishraDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.
Tania BiswasDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic oral pain condition characterized by a burning sensation in the absence of clinical lesions. This report discusses two cases where oral burning and anatomical variations led to severe oral health anxiety, cyberchondria, and psychiatric symptoms. Despite no clinical pathology, both patients developed carcinophobia due to misinterpretation and misinformation. Multidisciplinary management involving oral medicine, psychiatry, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) proved effective. The cases underscore the need for clinician awareness and psychological insight in managing psychogenic oral complaints.

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burning mouth syndromecognitive behavioural therapy.cyberchondriahypochondriasisillness anxiety disorderoral health anxietyoral medicinepsychogenic painsomatic symptom disorder

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PMID40932983
PMCPMC12417910

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