Oral Health

Authors: F. Hall Reynolds II, MD, MSc; Mark G. Tusa, MD; and Samuel L. Banks, MD Chattanooga Skin and Cancer Clinic, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Author:  David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor Citation:

Fibromas, also known as irritation or traumatic fibromas, fibrous nodules, or fibroepithelial polyps, are benign fibrous connective tissue tumors that occur as a response to local irritation and trauma. ...

Fissured tongue is a benign condition characterized by a fissure/groove oriented anteroposteriorly, often with multiple branch fissures/grooves extending laterally on the dorsum of the tongue.