THE TONGUE DOESN'T LIE: What it's trying to tell us.

The article describes common tongue conditions and cites possible reasons for their manifestation in the mouth. These include fissured tongue, atrophic glossitis or smooth tongue, coated tongue which may show signs of oral thrush, lichen planus, black hairy tongue and leukoplakia, as well as benign migratory glossitis or geographic tongue, and tongue-tie or ankyloglossia.