He further noted that tumours of the salivary glands—whether in the major glands like the parotid, submandibular, or sublingual glands, or in the minor glands located throughout the mouth and ...

Out of all the salivary glands, those beneath the jaw, the submandibular glands, are the most frequently affected. The discomfort of a salivary stone will be felt as an intermittent pain, more so ...

To define the temporal responses of fibroblasts to injury, we induced a temporary obstructive injury though ligation of the primary submandibular and sublingual salivary gland ducts and then performed ...

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis (NTMCL) is a rare condition that affects children typically between the ages of 2 and 5 years old, causing unilateral painless cervical lymph node ...

The function and size of the lacrimal glands were normal. Oral examination showed a normally sized tongue. The size of the submandibular salivary glands was normal on examination of the neck. Thyroid, ...

Millions of people are affected by chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, an agonizing side effect of damaged salivary glands.

This condition, often caused by radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, affects millions and currently has no cure.

Pharma and biotech companies are increasingly using saliva for clinical trials and drug response studies, thanks to its non-invasive nature and ease of repeated sampling. Dentistry, too, is leveraging ...

Abscess If you notice a painful bump on the roof of your mouth, it could be an abscess—an infection that forms when bacteria ...

There have been only 24 documented occurrences of the extremely uncommon giant cell tumour of the parotid gland. We report an additional case of a female patient in her late 40s who presented with a 2 ...