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If you search online for meditation producing saliva then it seems as if this is quite a common topic in discussion groups.
One reply which seemed useful was:
Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth, just at the point where the gumline sinks down to the palate. There's a point slightly further back which is used in, I think, certain Taoist techniques, but it's not necessary for this purpose and not swallowing your tongue can become a distraction. Allow the tongue to bend slightly, as if you're trying to lick peanut butter from that spot in your mouth and relax.
It takes some practice at first because the gag reflex can kick it automatically causing you to swallow. What happens after a while is that any saliva generated will run unnoticed down your throat and you can continue. Something worth knowing is that it's the movement of the tongue in the mouth that generates saliva, so learning to let your tongue rest at the point I mentioned above should take care of that anyway.
It's not a big deal if you salivate, or if you need to swallow saliva as long as you're mindful of it happening; if you're doing concentration practice just return to the breath or whatever object you're using. Don't let this become a distraction in itself.
This particular technique of rolling back the tongue is called kechari mudra. (Or to be more precise, rolling back the tongue to the soft palate is baby kechari. Full kechari involves rolling the tongue even further back.)
Peace.
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