tongue disease

Etiology

• geographic tongue
• fissured tongue
• hairy tongue
• black tongue
• glossitis
• oral hairy leukoplakia
• oral neoplasm
• burning mouth syndrome
• ankyloglossia

Epidemiology

• geographic tongue, fissured tongue, black tongue & hairy tongue are the most common tongue disorders

Laboratory

• biopsy as indicated

Management

• geographic tongue, fissured tongue, black tongue & hairy tongue do not require treatment
• see specific disorder

More general terms

• stomatognathic (mouth) disease

More specific terms

• black tongue
• glossitis
• glossodynia (tongue pain)
• glossoptosis
• hairy tongue; black hairy tongue; lingua villosa nigra
• macroglossia

Additional terms

• tongue