Tonsil Stone Myths.
Tonsil stones can be frustrating, but there is a lot of misinformation online. Let's clear up some common myths.
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Tonsil Stone Myths.
Tonsil stones can be frustrating, but there is a lot of
misinformation online. Let's clear up some common
myths.
Learn more on our YouTube channel
Tonsil Stone Myths.
Tonsil stones can be
frustrating, but there is a
lot of misinformation
online. Let's clear up
some common myths.
Learn more on our
YouTube channel
Poor Hygiene?
Poor Hygiene?
Poor Hygiene?
While excellent oral hygiene is crucial for overall health, the root cause of tonsil stones is the physical structure of the tonsil surface, not poor hygiene. Your tonsils have small surface pockets called "crypts." If you have deep or numerous crypts, they are more likely to trap food particles, dead cells, and bacteria. Over time, this trapped debris hardens and calcifies, forming a stone.
While excellent oral hygiene is crucial for overall health, the root cause of tonsil stones is the physical structure of the tonsil surface, not poor hygiene. Your tonsils have small surface pockets called "crypts." If you have deep or numerous crypts, they are more likely to trap food particles, dead cells, and bacteria. Over time, this trapped debris hardens and calcifies, forming a stone.
Curable with Medication?
Curable with Medication?
Curable with Medication?
Antibiotics are designed to fight active bacterial infections, like tonsillitis. While antibiotics or special mouthwashes might temporarily reduce inflammation or bad breath by reducing bacterial load, they do not address the underlying problem behind tonsil stones — the crypts that trap debris.
Antibiotics are designed to fight active bacterial infections, like tonsillitis. While antibiotics or special mouthwashes might temporarily reduce inflammation or bad breath by reducing bacterial load, they do not address the underlying problem behind tonsil stones — the crypts that trap debris.
Safe to Dig Out at Home?
Safe to Dig Out at Home?
Safe to Dig Out at Home?
Your tonsils are delicate tissues with many blood vessels. Poking at them with foreign objects, even something as soft as a cotton swab, can easily cause bleeding, gagging, and scarring. More seriously, you risk introducing new bacteria, causing an infection, or accidentally pushing the stone deeper into the tonsil tissue, making it even more difficult and painful to remove.
Your tonsils are delicate tissues
with many blood vessels. Poking
at them with foreign objects, even something as soft as a cotton
swab, can easily cause bleeding, gagging, and scarring. More seriously, you risk introducing new bacteria, causing an infection, or accidentally pushing the stone deeper into the tonsil tissue,
making it even more difficult and painful to remove.
Your tonsils are delicate tissues with many blood vessels. Poking at them with foreign objects, even something as soft as a cotton swab, can easily cause bleeding, gagging, and scarring. More seriously, you risk introducing new bacteria, causing an infection, or accidentally pushing the stone deeper into the tonsil tissue, making it even more difficult and painful to remove.
Are They Contagious?
Are They Contagious?
Are They Contagious?
A tonsil stone is calcified buildup of debris; it is not a transmissible virus or bacterial infection. The bacteria within the stone are common oral bacteria present in most mouths. You cannot "catch" tonsil stones from someone else through kissing or sharing drinks, nor can you "give" them to another person.
A tonsil stone is calcified buildup of debris; it is not a transmissible virus or bacterial infection. The bacteria within the stone are common oral bacteria present in most mouths. You cannot "catch" tonsil stones from someone else through kissing or sharing drinks, nor can you "give" them to another person.
Tonsillectomy the Only Solution?
Tonsillectomy the Only Solution?
Tonsillectomy the Only Solution?
A full tonsillectomy is a major surgery with a long, painful recovery. However, for a tonsil surface problem like tonsil stones, in-office procedures like Laser Tonsil Cryptolysis can permanently solve tonsil stones by reshaping the tonsil surface and eliminating the crypts where stones form. This can result in a much quicker and less painful recovery.
A full tonsillectomy is a major surgery with a long, painful recovery. However, for a tonsil surface problem like tonsil stones, in-office procedures like Laser Tonsil Cryptolysis can permanently solve tonsil stones by reshaping
the tonsil surface and eliminating the crypts where stones form.
This can result in a much quicker and less painful recovery.
A full tonsillectomy is a major surgery with a long, painful recovery. However, for a tonsil surface problem like tonsil stones, in-office procedures like Laser Tonsil Cryptolysis can permanently solve tonsil stones by reshaping the tonsil surface and eliminating the crypts where stones form. This can result in a much quicker and less painful recovery.
What's your next step?
If you're tired of the endless cycle of irritation and bad breath from tonsil stones, a professional diagnosis and treatment plan can help you find a permanent solution.
Request a Consultation
Want to learn more?
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What's your next step?
If you're tired of the endless cycle of irritation and bad breath from tonsil stones, a professional diagnosis and treatment plan can help you find a permanent solution.
Request a Consultation
Want to learn more?
Visit our YouTube channel
What's your next step?
If you're tired of the endless cycle of irritation and bad breath from tonsil stones, a professional diagnosis and treatment plan can help you find a permanent solution.
Request a Consultation
Want to learn more?
Visit our YouTube channel
