Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, ...

A new study in The Lancet reveals eight deaths from a rare brain infection, neuromelioidosis, traced to a dental clinic in Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu.

Two salivary glands, located one on each side of the head, extend into the mesothorax. Each gland is divided into two types of lobes which form the principle and accessory glands. The esophagus, a ...

Patient with rare cancer is the first in the US to be treated with highly accurate step-and-shoot proton arc therapy ...

Cystadenoma of salivary glands is an uncommon benign neoplasm that presents intraluminal papillary projections. The authors describe one case of cystadenoma located in the buccal mucosa and highlight ...

Salivary glands play an essential role in protecting oral health by secreting saliva to aid in digestion, speech, and ...

Withrow is the only physician in Alabama and one of the few in the region to perform complex salivary endoscopy and gland preserving surgery. “Salivary endoscopy isn’t something I was taught during ...

The symptoms of Neuromelioidosis include fever and headache followed by slurred speech, visual distortion and in some cases ...

Treatment may involve home remedies and medical treatments. In hypersalivation, the salivary glands produce more saliva than usual. If the extra saliva begins to accumulate, it may begin to drip ...

Salivary gland-targeted adenoviral gene delivery in vivo To assess the efficiency of in vivo retroductal gene delivery and protein expression, we transduced salivary glands with different doses of ...