burning mouth syndrome
MONDO:0006687Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names burning mouth syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A condition characterized by a burning or tingling sensation on the lips, tongue, or entire mouth.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006687), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
17 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Burning mouthHPOHP:0032143
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of taste sensationHPOHP:0000223
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AnxietyHPOHP:0000739
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DepressionHPOHP:0000716
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ParageusiaHPOHP:0031249
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal fifth cranial nerve morphologyHPOHP:0010824
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal gingiva morphologyHPOHP:0000168
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormality of somatosensory evoked potentialsHPOHP:0007377
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- DysesthesiaHPOHP:0012534
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Emotional labilityHPOHP:0000712
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Impaired temperature sensationHPOHP:0010829
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- Sleep disturbanceHPOHP:0002360
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Smooth tongueHPOHP:0010298
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Strawberry tongueHPOHP:0031042
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Tongue painHPOHP:0030811
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- XerostomiaHPOHP:0000217
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: burning mouth syndrome
- Also called
- BMSoral dysesthesiaOrodyniastomatodyniaStomatopyrosis