Also, there are several hundred minor salivary glands throughout the mouth and throat. Saliva drains into the mouth through small tubes called ducts. Your salivary glands make saliva, which is ...

Introduction Obstructive salivary gland disease is a frequently encountered clinical entity that can present to various health practitioners. Obstructive sialadenitis can lead to recurrent infections ...

Professor Peter Brennan, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, has been ...

The first patient, who had xerostomia linked with Sjögren's disease, received the autologous cell therapy as part of a Phase ...

Objective Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is characterised by chronic hyperactivation of B lymphocytes. Salivary gland epithelial cells (SGECs) could play a role in promoting B-lymphocyte activation ...

The glands had a firm, rubbery consistence; they were neither tender nor inflamed, and the overlying skin was freely movable. Two patients had associated swelling of the submaxillary salivary glands.

Objectives: Our study aimed to clarify the etiology and molecular variation of the target organ, salivary glands (SGs), in pSS by stratifying them into distinguishable subgroups, which could inform ...

Future research should consider this rare subgroup of SDC. Salivary gland cancers (SGC) are a rare group of tumors with an incidence of about 1.3 cases/100,000 individuals in the United States (1).

Although usually described in the literature as mucous, the secretory cells of the intermaxillary gland have serous characteristics. The intermaxillary gland is the first salivary gland to appear in ...

Chemo mouth is a common side effect of undergoing chemotherapy. Dr. Rajiv Saini of Texas discusses the symptoms, risks and ...