Objective To evaluate the prognosis of tongue carcinoma surgery with preservation of the integrity of mandible and dentition .Methods Sixty four cases of tongue carcinoma surgery from January 2009 to January 2011 were randomly collected (sev‐en missed ,57 enrolled) .Through retrospective case‐control study on retention of mandibular dentition and mandible rectangle radi‐cal operation of tongue carcinoma radical operation of tongue cancer resection were analyzed the clinical data including the survival rate ,reoccurrence rate and post‐operation life quality .The questionnaire was conducted by fourth edition of UW‐QOL .Results There were no significant difference in survival rates of the two groups of patients between retaining the mandible and dentition and resection of mandible rectangle (P>0 .05) .Two different types of surgical procedures for treatment of jaw had no correlation with the reoccurrence rate (P>0 .05) .The quality of life in retaining the mandible and dentition was significantly higher than the rectan‐gular groups (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Under a strict choice of surgical indications ,preserving radical operation of tongue carcinoma of the mandible and dentition could achieve good results of surgical treatment ,and can significantly improve patients′quality of life after operation .