<prompt> Commonest salivary gland to get stones -ParotidSubmandibularMinor salivary glandSublingual  <response>: Eighty percent of all salivary stones occur in the submandibular glands because their secretions are highly viscous. Bailey and Love 25e23e 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 glandsEighty 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. 