A ranula is a cyst under the tongue that happens when a damaged salivary gland leaks into the surrounding tissue. Ranulas ...

Radiation therapy, a common treatment for some oral cancers, can leave a patient’s salivary glands so damaged that even talking is difficult. Meanwhile, diseases such as Sjogren’s, which eradicates ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

Traditionally, human anatomy recognized three primary salivary ... glands under the jaw, which produce most of the mouth's ...

Your surgeon will make a cut (an incision) under the jawline to remove the gland ... and lasts from a few weeks to a couple of months. Minor salivary gland cancer can occur in your lips, tongue, roof ...

Fissured tongue is also observed. Figure 4. Acute pseudomembranous candidiasis. This SS patient has recurrent episodes of acute pseudomembranous candidiasis due to her extreme salivary gland ...