Research advances in the etiology and treatment of bitter taste in the mouth

VernacularTitle:口苦病因和治疗的研究进展
Author: Zhixin YANG ¹ ; Jiongke WANG ; Jieyu MING ; Xin ZENG ; Qianming CHEN
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1. 四川大学华西口腔医院口腔黏膜病科,口腔疾病防治全国重点实验室,国家口腔疾病临床医学研究中心,中国医学科学院口腔黏膜癌变与防治创新单元,四川成都(610041)
Keywords: bitterness; bitter taste in the mouth; phantogeusia; dysgeusia
From: STOMATOLOGY 2024;44(8):609-616
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Bitter taste in the mouth is a prevalent clinical symptom that refers to a spontaneous bitterness in the mouth after excluding external factors such as diet,and belongs to the phantogeusia of dysgeusia.The etiology and mechanism of bitter taste in the mouth re-main unclear.Studies have shown that bitter taste in the mouth is mainly associated with multiple factors such as diseases,medications and nutrition.In addition,effective and reliable treatments have also not yet been developed.This paper reviews the latest research ad-vances in the etiology,mechanism and treatment of bitter taste in the mouth,with the aim of providing reference for the clinical man-agement of patients with mouth bitterness.