Beyond the surface: When the invisible flow becomes a battlefield
Minor salivary glands: Conversely, if a tumor originates in the small glands in the roof of the mouth (palate), there is a roughly 50% to 80% chance it is malignant.
By Patience Matambo
May. 15, 2026
Wealth is what you do not see: Oral health is fluid, not just hard tissue
Over an average 70-year lifetime, a human will produce roughly 25 000 to 30 000 litres of saliva, enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools.
By Patience Matambo
May. 8, 2026




