Thick tongue with teeth marks is usually considered to be caused by bad life habits, tongue injury, gastrointestinal diseases, abnormal hypertrophy of the tongue, over-coverage of denture and so on.
1. Bad life habits: due to patients eating a lot of spicy and stimulating, cold and cold food, staying up late for a long time, too much mental stress, too strong workload, etc., which stimulate the tongue to appear teeth marks.
2. Tongue injury: due to trauma, tongue inflammation, tumor, etc., which induces tongue swelling, tongue body hypertrophy, appearing tongue thick with teeth marks symptoms.
3. Gastrointestinal diseases: Due to poor gastrointestinal function and abnormal digestive system, the food left in the stomach will return and stimulate the tongue, which will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines when eating again, and the improper digestion of the stomach and intestines, the symptom of thick tongue with teeth marks will appear.
4. Abnormal hypertrophy of the tongue: congenital, hemangioma or lymphoma at the edge of the tongue, amyloidosis of the tongue and other diseases can lead to hypertrophy of the tongue, which can contact with the teeth for a longer time and cause teeth marks.
5. Denture covering is too big: it is easy to stick to both sides of the tongue, thus leading to teeth marks on the tongue, and it may also lead to abnormal thickening of the tongue body due to long-term friction.
There may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment.