A test bed for examining this question is the tongue dorsum, which harbors a complex and important microbial community. Here, we use multiplexed fluorescence spectral imaging to investigate the ...

The size and internal arrangement of these fragments of biofilm led them to conclude that they represented the spatial arrangement of the bacteria at various levels of the tongue dorsum faithfully ...

Have you ever wondered why doctors often ask you to stick out your tongue during a routine check-up? While it may seem like a ...

After removing saliva from the tongue dorsum with cotton and a stream of air, any tongue accretion between the lingual papillae was carefully removed using 3 scratching strokes (approximately 1 cm ...

1. Bolus resting on tongue dorsum or controlled anteriorly, glossopalatal seal intact, tongue tip (oral tongue) elevates and ramps up to alveolar ridge beginning the voluntary act of propelling ...

The scientists collected the tongue microbiota from the center area of the tongue dorsum using a modified electric toothbrush as a sampling device, and used next-generation sequencing approaches ...

The epithelium of the buccal mucosa, palate and undersurface of the tongue is different from that of the dorsum of the tongue. One may be involved without the other and certainly may differ in its ...

A 33-year-old man presented at our clinic with a 4-month history of an erythematous, atrophic area on the dorsum of the tongue, accompanied by a painful burning sensation (Figure 1). He was ...

At baseline, there were no significant differences for WTCI, amounts of collected tongue coating and dental plaque samples, and amounts of total bacteria and F. nucleatum in whole collected ...