Question · asked by 1 review
Topical treatments (topical urea 10%) vs placebo: Relief of burning/discomfort (symptom relief; pain intensity)
- Population
- People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such symptoms
- Intervention
- Topical treatments (topical urea 10%)
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- Relief of burning/discomfort (symptom relief; pain intensity)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical treatments (topical urea 10%) vs Placebo Relief of burning/discomfort (symptom relief; pain intensity) · People with primary burning mouth syndrome (BMS), that is, oral mucosal pain with no dental or medical cause for such… · short-term (up to 3 months), topical urea 10% Interventions for treating burning mouth syndrome (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes | Topical urea 10% (Alvarenga da Silva 2014) contributes to the topical treatments short-term symptom-relief comparison (insufficient/contradictory); no separate estimate reported. | 1 study · 38 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for treating burning mouth syndrome 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2015-12 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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