Salivary Gland Botox Injection

• The procedure can reduce drooling in children with neurological conditions.
• Controlling drooling can improve your child’s quality of life, lessening skin breakdown and reducing the risk of inhaling saliva (aspiration) and choking.
• The procedure is minimally invasive and takes only a few minutes.
• The recovery is quick, with results in a few days. 
• Salivary gland injections can be repeated.

Risks of salivary gland Botox injection include:

• Temporary swallowing changes
• Bruising

Salivary gland Botox injection takes place in an office or operating room where an ultrasound machine is present.

• The doctor may suggest giving your child sedation (relaxing) medicine before the procedure to keep them calm and comfortable.
• The doctor moves the part of the ultrasound machine called the transducer over the skin of your child’s jaw. 
• The ultrasound uses painless sound waves to show doctors exactly where the salivary glands are.
• When the glands are located by ultrasound, the doctor injects them with the medicine.

• You and your child can go home.
• The drooling improves after a few days and lasts several months.