The relationship between pulp calcifications and salivary gland calcifications
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Sumita, Kaswan; Santosh, Patil; Maheshwari, Sneha; Farzan, Rahman; Khandelwal, Suneet
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Aquest document és un/a article, creat/da en: 2014
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Aim: Pulp stones are discrete calcified bodies found in the dental pulp. Sialolithasis is the most common salivary
gland disease. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the pulp stones and salivary
gland stones.
Material and Methods: 196 patients were randomly selected from the out patient department for the study. The
periapical radiographs for all patients were evaluated for the presence or absence of the narrowing of dental pulp
chambers and pulp canals. The intra oral occlusal radiographs were also evaluated to determine the presence or
absence of salivary stones. The results were compared and analyzed using the Chi-square test (
p
<0.001).
Results: Salivary gland calcifications were detected in 5 patients. 191 patients had pulp narrowing and 118 patients
had pulp stones. There was no statistical correlation between pulp narrowing and salivary stones (
p
>0.001) and also
between pulp stones and salivary gland stones (
p
>0.001).
Conclusions: However, the incidental findings of salivary gland stones on intra oral occlusal radiographs can pro
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vide useful information in the early diagnosis of the condition, but in the present study no significant relationship
was found between the presence of pulp stones and salivary gland stones.
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