<prompt> Commonest salivary gland to get stones ?ParotidSubmandibularMinor salivary glandSublingual  <response>: Ans is b ie. Submandibular Gland Eighty percent of all salivary stones occur in the submandibular glands because their secretions are highly viscous. - Bailey and Love 25e 23e wrote-Eighty percent of all salivary stones occur in the submandibular gland, 10 occur in parotid, 7 in the sublingual and the remainder occurs in minor salivary glands Eighty percent of submandibular stones are radio-opaque and can be identified on plain radiographs. In contrast parotid stones are usually radiolucent and rarely visible on plain radiography. 