Your salivary glands produce saliva and empty it into your mouth through slots called ducts. When these ducts become blocked, ...

Salivary gland blockage can result from multiple causes including salivary stones, narrowing of the duct by scar tissue, dehydration, side-effects of certain medications, autoimmune diseases and ...

Minor salivary gland cancer can occur in your lips, tongue, roof of the mouth (palate), inner cheek, throat, voice box (larynx), nose, and sinuses. Your surgeon usually removes some surrounding tissue ...

Scientists have identified tricellulin loss as the root cause of dry mouth in Sjögren's syndrome, and successfully reversed ...

This tracer is effectively concentrated and secreted by salivary gland tissue, thus affording the opportunity to study gland function in real-time. Once radiation damage to the gland has occurred ...