A 29-year-old male patient presented at the Oral Medicine Clinic with the complaint of slow-growing growths on his tongue, causing discomfort. Extra-oral examination revealed several painless soft tissue nodules on his face (Figure 1 and 2), trunk (Figure 3), back (Figure 4) and arms. The patient reported that the lesions had appeared during childhood and had since increased in size and number....

Tongue thrusting is a condition in which the tongue observed between, and tooth do not close centric during deglutition. thrust an oral habit pattern related to persistence of infantile swallow childhood adolescence thereby produces protrusion anterior segment open bite. Such habits are considered be normal children upto age 4-5 year. However if these persist beyond eruption permanent teeth it ...

Vascular structures for heat conservation in the tongue of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) are reported here. Numerous individual countercurrent heat exchangers are found throughout the massive tongue. These converge at the base of the tongue to form a bilateral pair of retia. Temperature measurements from the oral cavity of a live gray whale indicate that more heat may be lost through t...

Introduction: According to the prevalence of sore mouth, its outcome and possible role of anemia in its etiology and some contradictions in this theory, our study was performed to evaluate the role of iron deficiency anemia as a etiological factor for sore mouth. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study was performed on 40 cases, including 20 anemic patients as the experimental group...

Oral piercings and its associated complications are frequently encountered in general dentistry. This case describes an unusual complication of tooth 41 associated with a long-term metallic tongue piercing. Methods: The patient's history was evaluated and a clinical examination conducted. Results: Repeated traumatic insults from the large metallic tongue piercing rendered tooth 41 non vital and...

P rimary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The incidence of oral cavity melanoma is about 0.2%–8.0% of all malignant melanoma cases. Primary lesions arising from oral mucosa occur most frequently on the maxillary gingiva and palate, with the lips being the third most frequent. Melanoma of the tongue is specifically uncommon and represents less than 2% of all oro-nasal me...

The tongue is an important oral structure that affects speech, position of teeth, periodontal tissue, nutrition, swallowing, nursing, and certain social activities. Ankyloglossia (tongue tie) is a congenital anomaly characterized by an abnormally short, thick lingual frenulum which affects movement of tongue. Though the effect of ankyloglossia in general appears to be a minor condition, but a m...

Tongue is a most sensitive part of the oral cavity. It is responsible for many functions in the mouth like swallowing, speech, mastication, speaking and breathing. Geographic tongue (Benign migratory glossitis, erythema migrans) is an asymptomatic inflammatory disorder of tongue with controversial etiology. This disease is characterized by erythematous areas showing raised greyish or white circ...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate and compare the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in a group of psoriatic patients and healthy subjects, and its correlation to multiple clinical parameters. STUDY DESIGN 100 psoriatic patients and 100 closely matched controls underwent clinical oral examination. Oral lesions were diagnosed according to the criteria proposed by the World Health Orga...

Dental and medical doctors well report the oral manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Knowledge also provides a scope for detecting asymptomatic or presymptomatic COVID-19 patients. Predominant reports stated dry mouth, loss taste sensation, ulcerations.[1] [2] Recently, an article has reported specific changes observed in tongue during infection as “COVID tongue.” Th...