Surgical Management of Sialolithiasis: A Case Report

Abstract

Presence of hard structure made up of calcified organic and inorganic substance in salivary gland is known as Sialolithiasis. Incidence rate is 1.2%. Submandibular gland is most common site. A 27 years old male reported to us with complain of swelling and pus discharge from left side of floor of mouth. Sialolithiasis of left submandibular gland was diagnosed based on clinical and radiographic examination. The sialolith was removed under local anesthesia.

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* Ramesh Fry,** Kanwar Inderjot Singh, **Himshweta Das, **Karandeep Singh

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  • EP ID EP563386
  • DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2018.04.03.014
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* Ramesh Fry, ** Kanwar Inderjot Singh, **Himshweta Das, **Karandeep Singh (2018). Surgical Management of Sialolithiasis: A Case Report. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, 4(3), 113-117. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-563386