If you develop geographic tongue will it persist for the rest of your life or eventually resolve?

Yes: It is benign. Keep dental appointments and stop smoking.

Will resolve: Geographic tongue is an idiopathic (unknown cause) that should eventually resolve.

.: Geographic tongue usually waxes and wanes over time and also sometimes disappears. Sometimes few treatments for specific vitamin deficiencies may be effective.

Geographic Tongue: Although geographic tongue may look alarming, it doesn't cause health problems and isn't associated with infection or cancer. Geographic tongue can sometimes cause tongue discomfort and increased sensitivity to certain substances. Because treatments haven't been studied rigorously, their benefit is uncertain. Since the condition resolves on its own and has an unpredictable course.

Geographic tongue: It may go through periods where it is evident and then seemingly gone, there is no worry about this situation as it is benign and usually requires no treatment whatsoever.