Face and Jaw Emergencies

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• with compromised salivary flow

• recent anesthesia, dehydration, prematurity or advanced age, sialolithiasis, oral neoplasms, salivary duct strictures, tracheostomy, and ductal foreign bodies

• diuretics, antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, phenothiazines, β-blockers, and barbiturates

• human immunodeficiency virus, hepatic or renal failure, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, malnutrition, Sjögren’s syndrome, depression, anorexia, bulimia, hyperuricemia, and cystic fibrosis

• S. aureus, with Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, and Haemophilus influenzae

• Anaerobes

• skin over the parotid gland

• Stensen’s duct