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This study explored the relationship between stress response, severity of pain, oral-related health, and the subjective symptom of dry mouth in glossodynia patients. Thirty-seven glossodynia patients completed a questionnaire that included the pain severity sub-scale of the Brief Pain Inventory, an Oral Health Impact Profile, and Stress Response Scale-18. Spearman's rank-correlation coefficient was applied. The Stress Response Scale scores were correlated with those for the severity of pain (rs=0.36-0.69) and the Oral Health Impact Profile (rs=0.34-0.62). The results also revealed that patients with severe dry mouth symptoms exhibited serious psychological stress responses.
