Aims: the aims of this study were to evaluate the quality and readability of online information regarding the treatment of BMS. Methods: An Internet search using the phrase 'burning mouth syndrome treatment' was carried out on the Google search engine (www.google.co.uk) on June 8 th 2015. The first 100 websites listed were then examined. Data collection included DISCERN score, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) benchmarks for website analysis score, the presence of the Health on the Net (HON) seal and the Flesch Reading Ease Score. Descriptive statistics were performed using Microsoft Office Excel. Results: The search strategy initially yielded 635,000 links and following the application of the exclusion criteria 53 sites remained for analysis. The overall DISCERN score varied between websites, with half of all websites achieving an overall score of 2 and none of these websites achieving the maximum score of 5 (2.4 ± 0.7). Only 18.9% (10) of the websites achieved the four JAMA benchmarks while 5.7% (3) of the websites had not achieve any of them. Nine of the 53 assessed websites (17%) displayed the HON seal. The Flesch Reading Ease scores (FRES) of the websites ranged between 32.4 and 82.2. The mean rating was 55.4 (±10.7), which is considered to reflect fairly difficult reading. Conclusion: In conclusion, the information available online regarding BMS is of questionable quality and content. Perhaps engaging patients in determining what type and format of information they desire when searching online for health information could guide clinicians and researchers alike in providing such reliable and readable information sources.