A posterior tongue tie isn't uncommon in newborn babies. While this congenital condition can make breastfeeding difficult and may lead to speech delays later in life, it's easy to correct. Here's how.

The fissured tongue is another variant of normal morphology occasionally noted by patients. A central fissure or multiple lateral fissures (Figure 3) on the dorsal tongue is frequent in the aging ...

Figure 1: After starting moxifloxacin, the patient developed brown discoloration on the dorsum of the tongue with carpet-like elongated filiform lingual papillae ...

A dental team in Afghanistan identified a dorsal tongue ulcer in a 62-year-old man who later tested positive for COVID-19. The man's painful lesion persisted for weeks, and he also experienced ...

The posterior pharyngeal wall moves upward, while the posterior part of the tongue moves forward to enlarge the oropharyngeal chamber. Nasal regurgitation of the food occurs if the nasopharynx is ...

More controversial are hidden, or posterior, tongue-ties, which, as Undark previously reported, are increasingly diagnosed and cut in children. Adult tongue-tie diagnoses also lack rigorous evidence.

Clinically, hairy tongue appears as a furry, hair-like layer on the dorsal midportion of the tongue, without affecting the lateral regions.⁶ The elongated papillae can present in various colors ...

(A) Painless white adherent plaques on the dorsal tongue surfaces of a 29-year-old man. (B) Close-up view of a lesion: the surface of the patch has a corrugated appearance forming prominent folds.