14. Week (14) Salivary gland disorders.pdf

Lecture 14. Salivary gland diseases Dr. Sabrin Ali Azim Associate professor of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery What is it? Is a pathological condition, characterized by the presence of one/more calcified structures within the salivary gland itself or within its duct. Si...

Lecture 14. Salivary gland diseases Dr. Sabrin Ali Azim Associate professor of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery What is it? Is a pathological condition, characterized by the presence of one/more calcified structures within the salivary gland itself or within its duct. Sialoliths present one core partially or highly mineralized structure surrounded by concentric layers of organic and mineralized matter that alternate in succession following a chronologic sequence  Minor salivary ducts Rare occurrence Buccal mucosa most common Near comissure or near the mandibular mucobuccal fold. Firm, freely movable deeply situated into mucosal surface Composi