Intra-oral surgical access for the treatment of bilateral submandibular sialolithiasis: case report

• Main Authors: Ricardo Martins (Author), Carlos Augusto Ferreira Alves (Author), Edson Martins de Oliveira Junior (Author), Fernando Melhem Elias (Author), Antônio Carlos de Campos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sialolithiasis is a disease that affects the salivary glands. It is characterized by the presence of calcified structures within the duct system or within the glandular parenchyma. Those calculi, or sialoliths, can obstruct normal salivary flow, potentially leading to infectious sialadenitis, with p...