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Tongue fissures are deep grooves on the dorsum of the tongue. They are relatively common with a prevalence ranging between 6.8% [1] and 11% [2].

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Sakr, M.F. (2022). Tongue Fissures. In: Tongue Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08198-9_13

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