The Importance of Tongue in overall Oral health
Tongue is an organ which can be related to not only our nutrition but to the emotional experience of food. We as humans, have evolved to not only consume food but enjoy it too with all our senses but the sensation of taste dominates it, making us capable of tasting all the different flavors the world has to offer. However, the tongue not only contributes to taste but speech as well. We are able to form proper speech due to our tongue but do you know there is much more to the tongue than this? Let us find out but first let’s understand what is tongue in a physical attribute. Photo by Gut Health Project The tongue is a purely muscular organ that lies in the oral cavity. It is considered to be one of the strongest muscles in the body. It has a rough dorsal surface with tiny papillary projections that contain taste buds which enable us to identify different tastes. The tongue has specific areas on it for assessing specific tastes. Being made of a complex arrangement of muscles and attach...