Tumors of the salivary glands are morphologically diverse group of neoplasms that appears in a various number of benign and malignant histological subtypes. Tumors are present mainly after the age of 60. The most common are benign tumors that arise in the parotid gland. These tumors are clinically manifested as a painless swelling and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration and grand biopsy. Surgical removal of part or the entire gland represents the primary treatment of salivary tumors. The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of tumors of the salivary glands by gender, age, cytological diagnosis, histopathologic analysis and the type of surgery. In addition the aim was to determine the most common localization, the most common side of the appearance and their distribution according to the clinical classification. The study included 95 patients who were surgically treated at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Rijeka since the beginning of 2009 until the end of 2015. They were treated 14 patients per year. According to the results of this study, benign tumors are more common than malignant (8: 2), with the most common localization being the parotid gland. The incidence of salivary gland tumors between the sexes showed no significant difference. Tobacco and alcohol don't play a role in the development of malignancies of the salivary glands. FNAC has also confirmed more benign tumors than maligant. The most evident tumor according to hystopathological diagnosis was Whartin's tumor. The most common method of treatment was superficial paroditectomy. Cardiovascular disease as a comorbidity were observed in a half of the patients.