The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dentistry
Online ISSN : 2186-5078
Print ISSN : 0583-1199
ISSN-L : 0583-1199
Report of Four Cases of Sialolithiasis in Children and Scaning Electron Microscopic Study of the Salivary Calculi
Yoshio SoejimaYasushi OgasawaraShizuo YamadaEiji HirakawaWataru MotokawaYutaka YoshidaMakoto KumamotoChiang Yung YenKunihisa TaniguchiKatsuya Kitamura
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1987 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 184-192

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1. Four cases of submandibular sialolithiasis in child patients with ages ranging from 6 to 8 were reported on.
2. The findings of the cut surface of the salivary caluculi with SEM revealed a similar structures among the four cases.
3. The findings of the salivary calculi in children showed many structures similar to those in adolescents and adults found in the literature.
4. It was indicated that bacteria participated in the formation of salivary calculus in children.

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