Tips For Your Family's Health

Question: I have had a burning mouth sensation ever since I had a whole bunch of old dental work removed and replaced with new porcelain crowns and implants.

None of the dentists I have visited can figure out what is going on. Any thoughts? – E.J. in West Boca Raton

Answer: Did you ever notice when doctors can’t figure out what disease you have, they give it a name anyway?

Burning mouth syndrome, as taught to us in dental school, can be multifactorial. Very rarely, patients can have allergies to titanium implants, acrylic dentures, some porcelains and certain metals found in crowns, bridges and partial dentures.

You need to see an oral medicine specialist, usually found in universities with a dental school, and an allergist to do some skin tests to various dental materials.

Once you find the culprit, dental work can be changed to a material that proves to be compatible among the materials tested.

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