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Latest salivary stone removal procedures?

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Robert0917
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Hello everyone. Way back in 2002 a salivary stone formed in and infected my submandibular gland under my tongue. My ENT drained it and treated me with antibiotics for the infection. It is still there but has been growing over the years. I’ve had minimal issues with it, minor pain here and there but I would massage and press on it and feel the saliva squirting out, no infections since then. It’s bigger than a tooth now and it is time for it to go but I would like it to be as minimally invasive as possible of course.

I read back in the early 2000s Europe was experimenting with shock wave therapy and it looked promising but I haven’t seen much about that since then. And I have been searching for a Doc that does it and found no one. So, I’m in the Philadelphia suburbs and would like to know if anyone can recommend a Doctor(s) who are up on the latest procedures? Thanks!

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