title: Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review.
abstract: Tongue is the only movable muscular organ without any bone in the human body. It has very important role in perception of taste and sensations like touch, pressure, heat and cold. The purpose of the article is to review various types of tongue prosthesis and their clinical applications. This review helps the clinician to choose the appropriate type of tongue prosthesis for different clinical situations, retention of tongue prosthesis and material selection for each type of prosthesis. A broad search of published literature was performed using the keyword glossectomy, glossal prosthesis and tongue prosthesis from 1980 to 2014 in Medline, Google scholar, internet and text book. This review gives basic knowledge of glossal prosthesis and selection of the same for various clinical conditions.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Deptartment, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College , Ramapuram, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Muthu Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Balasubramaniam
authors.affiliation: Reader, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College , Ramapuram, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Ahila Singaravel
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chidambaranathan
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College , Ramapuram, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Gokul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, SRM Dental College , Ramapuram, Chennai, India .
authors.forename: Rajdeep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tah
keywords: Glossal prosthesis; Palatal augmentation prosthesis; Speech appliance