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Published on: September 12, 2016
Epidemiology of salivary gland infections
1Tonbridge Dental Practice, 155 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, UK. lcascarini@hotmail.com
Abstract:
This article approaches sialadenitis from a personal perspective based on 15 years of clinical practice limited mainly to salivary gland diseases. Disorders of the salivary glands are uncommon. When they occur, experience in managing the process is diluted over a range of disciplines. The result is that traditional views go unchallenged and are recast unchanged from one textbook to another. Sialadenitis of bacterial origin is a relatively uncommon occurrence today and is normally associated with sialoliths. The most common viral infection of the salivary glands is mumps.
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