Article
Hairy Tongue
Medscape
Document Type
Blog Post/Website
Language
eng
Publication Date
6-23-2017
Publisher
WebMD
Disciplines
Abstract
Hairy tongue (lingua villosa) is a commonly observed condition of defective desquamation of the filiform papillae that results from a variety of precipitating factors. [1] The condition is most frequently referred to as black hairy tongue (lingua villosa nigra); however, hairy tongue may also appear brown, white, green, pink, or any of a variety of hues depending on the specific etiology and secondary factors (eg, use of colored mouthwashes, breath mints, candies). [2, 3] See the images below:
Citation Information
Marc Zachary Handler, David F. Butler, Drore Eisen, Jeff Burgess, et al.. "Hairy Tongue" Medscape (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gary_stafford/22/
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