Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review
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 revie...
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| author | Muthu Kumar Balasubramaniam Ahila Singaravel Chidambaranathan Gokul Shanmugam Rajdeep Tah |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e93d637f0fff41649ab747ddd28218f22022-12-21T21:04:49ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-02-01102ZE01ZE0410.7860/JCDR/2016/15868.7184Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature ReviewMuthu Kumar Balasubramaniam0Ahila Singaravel Chidambaranathan1Gokul Shanmugam2Rajdeep Tah3Professor and Head of Deptartment, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.Reader, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.Post Graduate Student, Deptartment of Prosthodontics, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.Post Graduate Student, SRM Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.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.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7184/15868_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(Ek_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfglossal prosthesispalatal augmentation prosthesisspeech appliance |
| spellingShingle | Muthu Kumar Balasubramaniam Ahila Singaravel Chidambaranathan Gokul Shanmugam Rajdeep Tah Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research glossal prosthesis palatal augmentation prosthesis speech appliance |
| title | Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review |
| title_full | Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review |
| title_short | Rehabilitation of Glossectomy Cases with Tongue Prosthesis: A Literature Review |
| title_sort | rehabilitation of glossectomy cases with tongue prosthesis a literature review |
| topic | glossal prosthesis palatal augmentation prosthesis speech appliance |
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