geographic tongue


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ge·o·graph·ic tongue

n. lengua geográfica, lengua caracterizada por áreas desnudas rodeadas de epitelio grueso que simulan áreas terrestres.
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You may have a harmless, but sometimes uncomfortable, condition called geographic tongue."
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You may have a harmless condition called geographic tongue.
Need a health check? It's on the tip of your tongue; The colour, texture and appearance of this muscular organ says a lot about your wellbeing
Pallmon, "Migratory stomatitis (ectopic geographic tongue) on the floor of the mouth," Jounal ofthe American Academy of Dermatology, vol.
Tongue Image Segmentation via Thresholding and Gray Projection
Statistically significant difference was found between diabetic and non-diabetic patients in association with dental caries, periodontal disease, xerostomia, burning sensation, candidiasis, missing teeth, geographic tongue, taste abnormalities, impacted third molars and lichen planus.
INFLUENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS ON ORAL HEALTH
Your tongue looks like a map A patchy geographic tongue could be due to smoking or a vitamin or iron deficiency, but it could also be the result of gastric tract damage due to coeliac disease, for example.
Signs that your body is trying to tell you something; As deafness is identified as an early warning of dementia..
It is caused by diverse conditions such as glossitis, geographic tongue, xerostomia, glossopharyngeal nerve damage, and the use of certain drugs [41].
Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia, Plaques en Prairie Fauchee, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review
The most prevalent oral lesions in asthmatics group were geographic tongue 10(10%), fissured tongue 13(13%), chronic atrophic candidiasis13(13%), and in the control group were fissured tongue(11%) and lichenoid reaction(2%).
Oral manifestations of asthmatic patients
Scientists suggest in the March New Journal of Physics that geographic tongue can develop in two ways: circular and spiral.
Geographic tongue \JHEE-uh-gra-fik TUHNG\n
Benign oral mucosal lesions included a diagnosis of coated tongue fissured tongue geographic tongue melanin pigmentation linea alba and fordyces granules.
Prevalence of oral mucosal alterations in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic center
Signs such as angular stomatitis (Female: 2.5% Male: 6.5% p<0.05) and geographic tongue (Female: 0.9% Male: 4.8% p<0.05) were significantly more observed in males than in females.
Health status of children of primary and secondary boarding schools of Gandhinagar district
The geographic tongue is usually asymptomatic, but sometimes an irritation sensation is reported as a result of using the spicy and salty foods as well as the alcoholic drinks.
The prevalence of geographic tongue and the effect of oral zinc sulphate (case report: Tehran, Iran)
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