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White Tongue: Causes
Mayo Clinic Staff – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Jul 2016

White tongue is the result of an overgrowth and swelling of the fingerlike projections (papillae) on the surface of your tongue. The appearance of a white coating is caused by debris, bacteria and dead cells getting lodged between the enlarged and sometimes inflamed papillae.

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