title: Tongue cleaning: a necessary part of the oral hygiene regimen.
authors.affiliation: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Unit, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stanhope
mesh_terms: D003742:Dental Devices, Home Care; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006209:Halitosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000150:complications