Other benign tumors of minor salivary glands are treated similarly.

The minor glands include small mucus-secreting glands located throughout the palate, nasal and oral cavity.

Chewing gum induces stimulated saliva secretion of the minor salivary glands in the oral cavity.

About 15% of these tumors may arise in the submandibular glands or in the minor salivary glands under the tongue and jaw.

Problems with dentures are sometimes associated with minor salivary glands.

It affects the minor salivary glands in the area between the hard and the soft palate.

There are about 600 to 1,000 minor salivary glands that are microscopic in size.

In about 0-5% of cases, the sublingual gland or a minor salivary gland is affected.

Rarely, when stones form in the minor salivary glands, there is usually only slight local swelling in the form of a small nodule and tenderness.

Other sites of primary tumors have included the submandibular gland and other major and minor salivary glands.