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What would cause side of tongue to be sore and have white spots?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Hard to Say: Do you have a habit of biting your tongue? Did you traumatize that side of your tongue recently? How long has this been going on? It can be trauma, oral cancer, auto-immune disease (ie. Erosive lichen planus), etc... See your dentist soon for an evaluation.
Answered 9/25/2016
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Several things: Most common is trauma - biting the tongue others include: macroglossia or overly large tongue - similar to trama cancer candidiasis please go to a dentist asap for diagnosis.
Answered 10/3/2015
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