Diagnosis | Epidemiology | Aetiology | Symptoms | Treatment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Median Rhomboid glossitis | It affects 0.001%-1% of the population | Candida infection | Usually asymptomatic, burning or itching possible |
Application of antifungal medicaments |
Geographic tongue/benign migratory glossitis | Prevalence range from 1% to 2.5% | Unknown | Often asymptomatic, sometimes burning sensation | None, if associated with burning mouth syndrome it is possible to apply topical steroid |
Atrophic glossitis | Incidence between 1.3-9% | Nutritional defiencies or underlying disease | Asymptomatic | Treatment of the systemic disease (if present) and administration of nutritional supplement (see Table 1) |