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Abstract Sialolithiasis is largely a disease of adults, and there is a 2:1 male sex predilection. However, there are several reports of salivary calculi in infants and child- ren (Burdel et al., 1970). The left side is said to be more frequently affected than the right (Tourneux et al., 1970). And rarely there is bilateral involvemento Multiple occurrences of sali- vary calculi in the same gland. However, are quite common. The submandibular gland contains two calculi in approximately 20% of the patients and more than two in 5% (Noehoe n , 1970). The calculi generally round or oval and is yellowish but may be vary from white to tan. The consistency ranges from soft to stony hard. In general the salivary duct calculus is hard, whereas peripheral salivary calculi is soft (Rauch and g cr-Li.n , 1970). Salivary calculi were formed by a laminated mL~ture of inorganic and organic substance. However, there was no regular pattern for the growth of stones, as laminal thickness and the arrangment of the laminal component were not uniform (Harril, 1959). |