II. Causes: Burning Tongue with no lesions
- Burning Mouth Syndrome
- Tobacco Abuse
- Early non-specific Glossitis
- Menopausal Glossitis
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
- Diabetes Mellitus
III. Causes: Tongue Pain from deep lesion
- Sialolithiasis of submaxillary or Sublingual Gland
- Foreign body
- Myositis of lingual Muscles
- Trichinosis
- Periostitis of Hyoid Bone
- Lingual Muscle neoplasm
IV. Causes: Tongue Pain from localized superficial lesions
- Tongue biting
- Lingual frenulum Trauma
- Dental ulcer
- Foreign body (e.g. fish bone)
- Ranula
- Epithelioma or carcinoma
- Tuberculosis ulcer
- Herpes Simplex Stomatitis
- Vincent's Stomatitis (ANUG)
- Leukoplakia
- Candida albicans (Thrush)
- Vesiculoerosive lesions
V. Causes: Tongue Pain from generalized disease
- Atrophic Glossitis
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Leukemia
- Collagen vascular disease
- Lichen Planus
- Scarlet Fever
- Heavy Metal Poisoning
- Dilantin
- Uremia
- Antibiotic sensitivity
- Amyloidosis
- Celiac Sprue
- Sarcioidosis
- Sjogren Syndrome
- Nutritional deficiency