A severely broken tongue requires debridement and suturing or surgical treatment under general anesthesia. A broken tongue is a common occurrence and depends on the size, depth and extent of the wound. If the infection is only a bacterial infection that leads to a filiform papilla, there is an exfoliative lesion and there is no obvious wound in the mucosa or no obvious bleeding, there is no need to treat the lesion, which will slowly form an ulcer that will heal on its own within two weeks, or you can apply some iodoglycerin locally to promote the healing of the mucosa. If the tongue is broken to a greater extent and is deeper, reaching the deeper layers of the mucosa, a larger wound will appear and bleeding will not stop, and the bleeding must be stopped by suturing. Before suturing, a thorough debridement is required to completely remove the infected material from the wound, and then tight suturing is performed to stop the blood flow. The sutures are removed about a week later, and the wound will usually heal slowly about two months after the sutures are removed. If there is a large area of damage to the tongue, or if there is a large defect, it is possible that the lesion has involved deep tissue, and in this case, surgery under general anesthesia is required. Therefore, if the tongue wound is not serious, it can be sutured to stop the bleeding, while serious cases need to be treated surgically under general anesthesia.