Urgent Bite 195 - The Zurich Tongue Scheme

The Zurich Tongue Scheme may help you in assessing tongue lacerations in kids.  

 

Check out the papers mentioned.

Seiler M, Massaro SL, Staubli G, Schiestl C. Tongue lacerations in children: to suture or not? Swiss Med Wkly. 2018 Oct 28;148:w14683. doi: 10.4414/smw.2018.14683. PMID: 30378089.

https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2018.14683

 

Sibley AK, Atkinson P, Lobay K. Just the facts: Pediatric Dental and Oral Injuries. CJEM. 2020 Jan;22(1):23-26. doi: 10.1017/cem.2019.440. PMID: 31727193.

https://caep.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/just_the_facts_pediatric_dental_and_oral_injuries.pdf 

 

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