What Your Tongue Says About Your Health
Sources Medically Reviewed on 10/06/2017 Reviewed by Michael Friedman, DDS on October 06, 2017
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SOURCES:
American Academy of Oral Medicine: “Hairy Tongue.”
American Family Physician: “Common Tongue Conditions in Primary Care.”
American Academy of Family Physicians: “Canker Sores.”
Canadian Cancer Society: “Signs and symptoms of oral cavity cancer.”
Cancer Research UK: “About tongue cancer.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Burning Mouth.”
DermNet New Zealand: “Transient lingual papillitis.”
Mayo Clinic: “Canker Sores,” “Leukoplakia,” “Oral lichen planus,” “Geographic Tongue,” “Oral Thrush,” “Mouth Cancer.”
Merck Manual: “Tongue Discoloration,” “Tongue Injury,” “Kawasaki Disease.”
NHS: “Sore or painful tongue.”
UpToDate: “Patient education: Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) (Beyond the Basics).”
Reviewed by Michael Friedman, DDS on October 06, 2017
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