Affiliation:
1. Professor Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract
Morsicatio linguarum is an uncommon disorder caused by continuous biting of the tongue, generally the borders. It is usually found among people who are stressed or psycholo-gically impaired. Clinically, morsicatio linguarum presents as a macerated grey-white patch or plaque of the lingual mucosa. It is frequently misdiagnosed as it is confused with other clinically identical lesions involving the lingual mucosa. In this report, a case of bil-ateral morsicatio linguarum in a 44-year-old male patient with a history of tongue biting is presented.