Causes, Natural History, and Incidence of Salivary Stones and Obstructions
Volume: 42, Issue: 6, Pages: 927 - 947
Published: Dec 1, 2009
Abstract
Uncertainty about the causes and natural history of salivary stones (sialoliths) and other obstructions is being dispelled by clinical and experimental research. Sialoliths are now shown to be secondary to chronic obstructive sialadenitis . Microscopic stones (sialomicroliths) accumulate during secretory inactivity in normal salivary glands and produce atrophic foci by obstruction. Microbes ascend the main salivary duct during secretory...
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Title
Causes, Natural History, and Incidence of Salivary Stones and Obstructions
Published Date
Dec 1, 2009
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
927 - 947
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