Research Article
Newer Classification System for Fissured Tongue: An Epidemiological Approach
Table 2
Correlation between pattern of fissuring and other tongue disorders.
| Other tongue disorders | Pattern of fissuring | Total | Central longi. | Central trans. | Branching | Diffuse | Lateral longi. | | | % | | % | | % | | % | | % | | % |
| No tongue disorders | 188 | 53.4 | 37 | 10.5 | 63 | 17.9 | 48 | 13.6 | 16 | 4.5 | 352 | 100.0 | Coated tongue | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 3 | 18.8 | 5 | 31.3 | 3 | 18.8 | 16 | 100.0 | Oral submucous fibrosis | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | Depapillated tongue | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | Hairy tongue | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Crenated tongue | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 100.0 | Ankyloglossia | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Lichen planus (reticular) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Geographic tongue | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | Erythema | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Coated tongue + crenated tongue | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Coated tongue + leukoplakia | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Coated tongue + OSMF + depapillated tongue | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Depapillated tongue + angular cheilitis | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | Total | 196 | 50.6 | 42 | 10.9 | 68 | 17.6 | 61 | 15.8 | 20 | 5.2 | 387 | 100.0 |
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Fisher’s Exact Test (0.001).
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