Sialolithiasis- A case report
Author(s): Ganesh C*, Sreenandhan D and Manoj S
Abstract
Sialolithiasis is one of the most common salivary gland disease, which commonly seen in the Wharton’s duct of submandibular salivary gland. Which has a high frequency of secondary infection by oral bacteria’s which affects the gland retrograde, since the Wharton’s duct located in the floor of the oral cavity. Various investigation methods are done to identify sialolith which are ranging from tradition X-rays including occlusal radiographs and opg to contemporarily using CT Scans. Here in this article we present a case of sialolithiasis of the right side in the submandibular gland which secondarily infected.