Our tongues are often overlooked as health indicators, but their appearance can reveal much about our well-being. A healthy ...

A normal tongue will look pink and be covered with tiny bumps called papillae (also known as "taste buds"). When your tongue is coated with creamy white patches or lesions, this is most likely due ...

Background The effects of tongue cleaning on reconstruction of bacterial flora in dental plaque and tongue coating itself are obscure. We assessed changes in the amounts of total bacteria as well ...