Tongue Cleaning Increases the Perceived Intensity of Salty Taste.

Objective: Tongue coating, which refers to a greyish white deposit on the tongue surface, often covers the taste papillae on the dorsal tongue surface, decreasing taste sensitivity. This study investigated whether mechanical removal of the tongue coating affected the intensity of salt taste perception.

Participants: This cross-sectional single blind study included 90 subjects (29 males, 61 females) with a mean age of 45 years (range 25-70 years).

Tongue coating: its characteristics and role in intra-oral halitosis and general health-a review.

Tongue coating (TC), a grayish-white deposit on the tongue, is the main cause of intra-oral halitosis (IOH), a socially unacceptable condition. This review covers the general features of TC, including its formation and the factors that influence it. Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) are the principal elements of IOH, and TC and periodontal diseases are the two main sources of VSCs.

Arthroscopic treatment of bilateral snapping scapula syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Snapping scapula syndrome represents a rare entity in shoulder surgery. Clinically, it presents as shoulder pain and loud crepitus during shoulder movement. Moreover, glenohumeral bursitis can cause additional pain.

[Morbid obesity in total knee arthroplasty: a critical case review].

History And Admission Findings: In a 66-year-old obese woman (WHO stage III, BMI 51 kg/m2) pronounced osteoarthritis of the right knee was diagnosed. Because of progressive chronic pain of the right knee joint her walking distance was limited to a few meters. Conservative therapy was exhausted.

[Arthropathia ochronotica: a rare cause of early joint degeneration].

History And Admission Findings: A 70-year-old deaf-mute women suffered from progressive chronic pain of the right hip joint caused by destructive osteoarthritis of the hip.

Investigations: In addition to painfully restricted range of motion of the right hip joint the clinical examination showed a bluish-black pigmentation of the ear-cartilage and the sclera.

Treatment And Course: A total endoprosthetic replacement of the right hip joint was performed.