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You can burn your tongue more easily than other mouth tissues

All mouth tissues have similar heat sensitivity

✗ The myth everyone repeats

The tongue is more sensitive to heat burns than other parts of your mouth.

✓ What is actually true

Tongue and mouth tissues have similar heat sensitivity and burn at similar temperatures. The tongue appears to burn more easily due to thinner epithelium and greater blood flow, not different sensitivity.

Believed 1900–2010
Year Revised 2012
Why Changed Oversimplification
Confidence Revised
Region Worldwide

Reception

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The receipts 2 sources
  1. Oral Burn SensitivityPRIMARY
  2. Thermal Injury MouthREFERENCE

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