Sialolithiasis epidemiology and demographics
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahda Alihashemi M.D. [2]
Overview
The incidenence of sialolithiasis is approximately 100 per 100,000 individuals in autopsy studies worldwide. The prevalence of sialolithiasis is approximately 450 per 100,000 individuals worldwide. Sialolithiasis commonly affects individuals between the ages of 30 and 60 years. There is no racial predilection to sialolithiasis. Men are more commonly affected by sialolitithiasis than women.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of sialolithiasis is approximately 100 per 100,000 individuals in autopsy studies worldwide[1]
Prevalence
- The prevalence of sialolithiasis is approximately 450 per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[2]
Age
- Sialolithiasis commonly affects individuals between the ages of 30 and 60 years.[3]
- Sialolithiasis is rare in children.[4]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to sialolithiasis.[5]
Gender
- Men are more commonly affected by sialolitithiasis than women. The men to women ratio is approximately twice.[6]
References
- ↑ Williams MF (1999). "Sialolithiasis". Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. 32 (5): 819–34. PMID 10477789.
- ↑ Capaccio P, Torretta S, Ottavian F, Sambataro G, Pignataro L (2007). "Modern management of obstructive salivary diseases". Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 27 (4): 161–72. PMC 2640028. PMID 17957846.
- ↑ Siddiqui SJ (2002). "Sialolithiasis: an unusually large submandibular salivary stone". Br Dent J. 193 (2): 89–91. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801491a. PMID 12199129.
- ↑ Nahlieli O, Eliav E, Hasson O, Zagury A, Baruchin AM (2000). "Pediatric sialolithiasis". Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 90 (6): 709–12. doi:10.1067/moe.2000.109075a. PMID 11113815.
- ↑ de Carvalho Silva, Amanda; Oliveira, Marina Reis; Amaral, Lysandro Fabris Almeida; Mariano, Ronaldo Célio (2016). "Extraoral surgical access for removal of intraparotid giant sialolith in young patient. A case report". Revista Española de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial. 38 (4): 218–222. doi:10.1016/j.maxilo.2014.07.012. ISSN 1130-0558.
- ↑ Moghe S, Pillai A, Thomas S, Nair PP (2012). "Parotid sialolithiasis". BMJ Case Rep. 2012. doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-007480. PMC 4543829. PMID 23242089.