Salivary secretory disorders are life-disrupting pathologic conditions with a high prevalence,
especially in the geriatric population. Both patients and clinicians frequently feel helpless …

Oral Diseases (2013) 19, 236–244 Saliva plays a major role in maintaining oral health.
Patients afflicted with a decrease in saliva secretion (symptomatically, xerostomia) exhibit …

Mice are a widely utilized in vivo model for translational salivary gland research but must be
used with caution. Specifically, mouse salivary glands are similar in many ways to human …

Salivary glands are specialized structures developed as an extensively compact, arborized
design through classical embryogenesis, accompanied by a cascade of events channelized …

Salivary glands are essential structures in the oral cavity. A variety of diseases, such as
cancer, autoimmune diseases, infections and physical traumas, can alter the functionality of …

An overview of the anatomy and biogenesis of salivary glands is important in order to
understand the physiology, functions and disorders associated with saliva. A major disorder …

Thousands of investigators worldwide are actively engaged in basic, applied, and clinical
research involving salivary bioscience. Our literature search reveals that across the past two …

The salivary glands produce saliva, which helps in mediating the oral colonization of
microbes, the repair of mucosa, the remineralization of teeth, lubrication and gustation …

The production and secretion of saliva is an essential function of the salivary glands. Saliva
is a complicated liquid with different functions, including moistening, digestion …

The mammalian salivary gland develops as a highly branched structure designed to
produce and secrete saliva. This review will focus on research on mouse submandibular …