Diseases of the Salivary Glands Including Dry Mouth and Sjögren’s Syndrome

1 Dry Mouth and Hypersalivation.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Composition of Saliva.- 1.3 Collection of Saliva and Measurement of Flow Rate.- 1.4 Hyposalivation and Xerostomia.- 1.5 Hypersalivation.- 2 Inflammatory Diseases.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Sialadenitis of the Parotid Gland.- 2.3 Sialadenitis of the Submandibular Gland.- 2.4 Sialadenitis of the Sublingual Gland.- 2.5 Sialadenitis of the Intraoral Salivary Glands.- 3 Sjögren's Syndrome.- 3.1 Definition.- 3.2 Etiology.- 3.3 Epidemiology.- 3.4 Clinical Aspects.- 3.5 Diagnostic Aspects.- 3.6 Histological Aspects.- 3.7 Treatment and Prognosis.- 4 Cysts.- 4.1 Cysts of Major Salivary Glands.- 4.2 Cysts of Minor Salivary Glands.- 4.3 Intraosseous Cyst of Possible Salivary Gland Origin.- 5 Neoplasms.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Etiology and Histogenesis.- 5.3 Epidemiology.- 5.4 Clinical Aspects.- 5.5 TNM Staging.- 5.6 Imaging Techniques.- 5.7 Cytological Aspects.- 5.8 Histological Aspects.- 5.9 Treatment and Prognosis.- 6 Miscellaneous Lesions and Conditions.- 6.1 Diagnostic Value of Saliva.- 6.2 Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion.- 6.3 Developmental Disturbances.- 6.4 Frey's Syndrome.- 6.5 Necrotizing Sialometaplasia.- 6.6 Parotid and Submandibular Fistula.- 6.7 Pneumoparotis.- 6.8 Salivary Gland Involvement in Systemic Diseases.- 6.9 Sialadenosis.- 6.10 Sialolithiasis.- 6.11 Irradiation Damage of Salivary Gland Tissue.