title: Treatment of chronic drooling: a preliminary report.
abstract: Chronic drooling can be both psychologically and physically damaging. The technique of sialodochoplasty with sublingual gland resection is a viable treatment modality for this problem. The results of a series of eight patients who underwent the procedure are reported. A short-term success rate of 75% was achieved without morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Fear
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000601:surgery*; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000601:surgery*