About 2 weeks ago, I noticed some cracks
on my tongue. Specifically one large one
right down the middle. They can be
painful, specifically in the morning and
whenever I eat anything spicy or use heavy
mouthwash like Listerene. I wear a
nightguard and at first thought this was
causing my tongue to crack. Is there any
advice or suggested way to treat this?
Thanks a million!
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 01-23-08 17:52pm
i have fissured tongue--i have cracks and
cant use any spicy stuff. but i dont get
new ones and they dont hurt. when did this
start?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-23-08 18:04pm
Are your fissures caused by drymouth,
Dyan? It may be possible that the OP has a
severely dry mouth and that his tongue is
drying out at night time, which could be
made worse by the mouth piece.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 01-24-08 13:55pm
no my fissures are caused by geographical
tongue
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-24-08 14:49pm
O.o okay then. What's geographical tongue?
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 01-24-08 16:11pm
here is a definition that i found
A chronic inflammation of the tongue
characterized by distinct somewhat
circular groupings of lesions bounded by a
white band. Also called benign migratory
glossitis, erythema migrans linguae,
pityriasis linguae.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 01-24-08 16:59pm
Interesting. Well, I don't know if that
sounds like what the OP has... he hasn't
come back.
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