A patient comes into your office complaining of dry mouth, some swelling under the tongue, and associated pain at mealtimes. After a brief examination, you suspect a blockage of the submandibular ...

Salivary gland disorders encompass a range of conditions, including inflammatory diseases, obstructions due to sialolithiasis and stenosis, and autoimmune-associated dysfunction. These disorders can ...

What causes these stones and how common are they? Post-mortem studies show salivary calculi to be present in 1.2% of the population but that admission with symptoms occurs in only 3,658 patients each ...

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Also, there are several hundred minor salivary glands throughout the mouth and throat. Saliva drains into the mouth through small tubes called ducts. When there is a problem with the salivary glands ...

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Sir,- I feel I have to write in response to the letter of J. F. Sharp (BDJ 2003, 195: 551) on the subject of salivary calculi. This is not because I wish to claim a further superior sized stone but to ...

Cone-beam CT dataset showing a slightly overaverage size salivary calculus of 7-8 mm in the left submandibular gland area in the axial (upper left), coronal (lower left), and sagittal (lower right) ...