Different diseases and disorders can affect your salivary glands. Sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive outpatient surgery that’s able to examine and treat some of these disorders.

Dental problems commonly associated with cleft lip and palate may be caused by abnormalities in salivary glands and an imbalance of immune compounds in the mouth, report investigators. A new study ...

Purging in bulimia by vomiting can make the face and cheeks appear swollen or puffy due to effects on the salivary glands. The glands typically return to their usual size after habitual vomiting ...

A ranula is a blue-tinted or clear cyst in your mouth caused by a blockage in the salivary gland. The growth can vary in size, depending on the severity of the condition. Some of these cysts ...

When salivary glands undergo high-dose external-beam radiotherapy during treatment, it can result in patients experiencing xerostomia and dysphagia. These conditions can lead to several problems, ...

The major salivary glands (i.e., parotid, submandibular, sublingual) are affected 80%-85% of the time. Approximately 64% to 80% of all salivary gland tumors occur in the parotid gland.

‌The most commonly used technique is to take an X-ray image after injecting a contrast dye into your salivary glands. Other modern techniques to diagnose salivary gland problems include CT scans ...

Recent work on the biochemistry of the thyroid gland indicates that other factors may have a bearing on the thyroxin level in the blood. Leblond and Grad, 7 Arvy, Debray and Gabe 8 and Bader and ...

Radioactive Iodine and the Salivary Glands Susan J. Mandel, Louis Mandel Disclosures Thyroid. 2003;13 (3) 0 ...

First gene therapy study in human salivary gland shows promise Date: November 5, 2012 Source: NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Summary: This finding comes from the first ...

A report published in 2005, however, refuted that notion and put forth, paradoxically, that the practice was causing increased radiation exposure to the salivary glands and increased uptake of ...

Ectopic salivary gland inclusions in the mandible are a rare phenomenon. Classically as described by Stafne1 they have been found in the posterior mandibular region. Cases affecting the anterior ...