Generally speaking, a tongue’s color will fall somewhere between a pale pink and dark red, with a thin, white-ish layer of keratin on top.Photograph: 4FR/Getty Images Once, at a party, a woman said ...

Your tongue does far more than help you taste food or speak; it also acts as a natural health indicator. Subtle changes in ...

Read full article: St. Johns County exploring giving St. Augustine an extra $1 million for Nights of Lights Generic waste can. Let’s start with your feet. While they can’t talk in the literal sense, ...

A 66-year-old man presented to the dental office for routine dental care. During the course of his evaluation and treatment, multiple red spots on his lips, tongue, and oral mucosa were observed. The ...

When it comes to our health there are certain telltale symptoms many of us know to look for. However, sometimes these warning flags can appear in more unlikely places. Article continues below ...

Central papillary atrophy, otherwise known as median rhomboid glossitis, exhibits red, atrophic mucosal areas that are typically asymptomatic and located on the midline posterior dorsal surface of the ...

Oral cancer has a five-year survival rate of only 50%. A patient's best chance of surviving is early detection. While a number of methods and new technologies are now available to enhance early ...

Warts are flesh-colored bumps caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Oral HPV can be transmitted from person to person, so it’s important to take precautions. Warts can form anywhere on the body, ...

SAN FRANCISCO - While commercially available optical tools can help clinicians identify premalignant lesions in the oral cavity, the prevalence of confounding lesions increases the rate of false ...

The importance of good oral health is well established, but the structure of the oral cavity means problems can easily go amiss. In the early stages of mouth cancer people are rarely afflicted by pain ...