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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While some symptoms of ill health can be obvious, other less common signs might be hiding inside your mouth. The tongue is regularly referred to as a good indicator of overall health - as it can come ...

Vitamin B12 is a nutrient that helps keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. Most people take for granted the contribution B12 makes until ...

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 ...

This 60-year-old woman rarely attended surgery – her notes only referred to recurrent epistaxis some years ago. On this occasion, she was concerned about her tongue. She described painless spots that ...

A red lesion which appeared in the roof of a man's mouth was caused by performing too much fellatio, doctors have claimed. Dentists in Mexico stumbled across the mystery circular mark when the 47-year ...