OHAT Tongue

The Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) Scoring - Tongue

0 = Healthy Normal, moist, roughness, pink	1 = Changes Patchy, fissured, red, coated, dry, swollen	2 = Unhealthy Patch that is red and/or white, ulcerated, swollen
Normal tongue	Patchy, fissured, red tongue	Red and swollen tongue
	Coated tongue	Ulcerated and bleeding patch
		White patch

Normal, moist,
roughness, pink

Patchy, fissured,
red, coated, dry, swollen

Patch that is red and/or
white, ulcerated, swollen

Normal tongue

Patchy, fissured, red tongue

Red and swollen tongue

Coated tongue

Ulcerated and bleeding patch

White patch

Practice using the Oral Health Assessment Tool by filling out the first part of the form for Mr. Johnson's tongue, shown in the photograph.

Category

0 = Healthy

1 = Changes

2 = Unhealthy

Category Scores

Tongue

normal, moist, roughness, pink

patchy, fissured, red, coated, dry, swollen

patch that is red and/or white, ulcerated, swollen

Category	Observation	Our Score
Tongue	Tongue is dry, shiny, and swollen	1

Oral Hygiene Care Plan (Chalmers, 2004 for use by the Iowa Geriatric Education Center; reviewed by Marchini, 2016; Review 2023)