The salivary glands form a group of exocrine glands that are located in the region of the oral cavity. Non-neoplastic lesions that affect the salivary glands can comprise a number of different conditions, and may have infectious, inflammatory, traumatic, autoimmune and immunological causes. This study aimed to carry out an integrative review of the most common non-neoplastic pathologies that affect the salivary glands, highlighting their main clinical, histopathological, symptomatology, etiology and treatment manifestations. The searches were carried out through the virtual platforms BVS and PUBMED, using the terms “salivary glands”, “dentistry” and “clinical diagnosis”, through the Boolean operator “AND”. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, reading the title, abstract and full article, 15 studies remained to compose this review. It is concluded that the etiology of non-neoplastic salivary gland pathologies, for the most part, remains unknown. The diagnosis of the main alterations is made by clinical analysis and the treatment for most cases is conservative.
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