{"id":546,"date":"2019-06-28T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sanjosecadentists.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T13:18:49","slug":"scrotal-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sanjosecadentists.com\/2019\/06\/28\/scrotal-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrotal Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a condition that involves grooves developing in the\ntongue, looking that way because it\u2019s wrinkled. It also is called furrowed\ntongue, lingua fissurata, lingua plicata, or even lingua scrotal, or grooved\ntongue. The tongue can have many grooves or a single groove with one branching\noff from it.  It affects anywhere from\n2-5% of the population, the rates varying, and it\u2019s about 21% worldwide. People\nare usually born with the condition, but they may not notice it immediately,\nbut it does get more noticeable as you get older. Sometimes, it happens due to\npoor nutrition, but it can happen with facial nerve palsy or face swelling,\nbenign migratory glossitis, which is where you’ve got patches of smooth or bald\ntongue around rougher areas such as taste buds. People with Down syndrome tend\nto have this too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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