Seara Schoenbeck, 13, has enjoyed a healthy childhood until about two years ago when she started feeling terrible pain in her mouth. "You know, I thought it was a cold sore, but then it kept on ...

Painful stones don't just happen in the kidneys and gallbladder. They can also cause problems in the salivary glands, prompting invasive surgery through the face or neck that can lead to nerve damage, ...

Researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center have reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20-mm salivary stone and ...

A sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that a surgeon can use to diagnose and treat a variety of issues with the salivary glands. The salivary glands produce saliva and pass it into the ...

Salivary glands produce saliva and empty it into a person’s mouth. Saliva helps make food moist, making it easier for people to chew, swallow, and digest. Saliva also helps keep the mouth clean. A ...

The submandibular glands are a pair of glands situated on the floor of the mouth below the lower jaw. They are one of the three pairs of glands that produce saliva. While these glands usually function ...