My tongue hurts

Stephen Porter¹, Michael Escudier², Stefano Fedele³

Affiliations

¹ Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK. s.porter@ucl.ac.uk.
² Professor of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, London, UK.
³ Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK; UCLH/UCL NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

PMID: 36241802
PMCID: PMC9568426
DOI: 10.1038/s41415-022-5026-8

My tongue hurts

Stephen Porter et al. Br Dent J. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;233(7):547-549.

doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5026-8. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Authors

Stephen Porter¹, Michael Escudier², Stefano Fedele³

Affiliations

¹ Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK. s.porter@ucl.ac.uk.
² Professor of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, London, UK.
³ Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK; UCLH/UCL NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

PMID: 36241802
PMCID: PMC9568426
DOI: 10.1038/s41415-022-5026-8

Abstract

This series of articles comprise of short reviews of clinical problems relevant to oral health care in the twenty-first century. The present article uses a composite of presenting case symptoms to hypothetically illustrate differential diagnoses of pain of the tongue and why there may, or may not be, links to aspects of infection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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My tongue hurts

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My tongue hurts

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