The tongue is a movable muscular organ that are used for speech, sense of taste, swallowing, manipulation, positioning of food and for cleansing of the oral cavity. Prosthodontics play an important role in prosthetics rehabilitation of tongue for patients with extensive cancerous tongue involvement after glossectomy or with congenital missing tongue. When planning for prosthesis, considerations like support, stability and retention should be made into account. Abroad search of published literature was performed using the keyword glossectomy, glossal prosthesis and tongue prosthesis from 1980 to 2017 in Medline, Google scholar, Google and only the most relevant topics where selected. This review article discusses the prosthesis management for glossectomy patients and selection of the same for various clinical conditions.
