<prompt> Commonest salivary gland to get stones:-ParotidSubmandibularMinor salivary glandSublingual  <response>: Commonest salivary gland to get stones is submandibular gland. Sialolithiasis is less common in the parotid gland 20 than in the submandibular gland 80. Sialolithiasis is the accumulation of obstructive calcifications within the glandular ductal system, more common in the submandibular gland 90 than in the parotid 10. When the calculi become obstructive, stasis of saliva may cause infection and create a painful, acutely swollen gland. SIALOLITHIASIS Submandibular Salivary Gland Calculi are More Common than Parotid Because Whaons duct has long, curved and upward course and is hooked by lingual nerve leading to inadequate drainageQ Secretion is more viscidQ than parotid gland secretion 