Abstract

ANAND, J; SURESH, A  and  DESAI, AK. A giant submandibular sialolith - How to manage?. S. Afr. dent. j. [online]. 2020, vol.75, n.7, pp.387-390. ISSN 0375-1562.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2519-0105/2020/v75no7a7.

The presence of a sialolith is one of the most common diseases of salivary gland. It is relatively common in submandibular salivary glands and its duct. This case report is of a patient who presented at our unit with a history of severe pain and swelling on floor of the mouth, which was clinically and radiographically diagnosed as a sialolith. The diagnostic and treatment protocol in managing a patient with a giant sialolith is enumerated in this manuscript.

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