THE ENT BLOG

Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery

Tonsil stones, tonsillitis and bad breath are all linked

Here is a tonsil with an ulcer on its surface, causing throat and ear pain. It's not a pocket where tonsil stones and tonsillitis can...

Tonsil remnant causing bad taste and smell

This is a small remnant after laser tonsillotomy under local anaesthetic spray. Usually they are not troublesome. However this one is...

Large sore looking tonsils cause bad sore throats, snoring, tonsil stones and bad breath.

Tonsils, tonsillitis, tonsillotomy, Tonsillectomy, sore throat, snoring, bad breath, tonsil stones.

Tonsil stones and tonsillitis

Tonsil stones and tonsillitis treated with laser tonsillotomy under local anaesthetic spray

Deep hole in the tonsil, tonsil stones are formed here.

Tonsil stones are accumulated food and mouth debris that get stuck inside deep holes in the tonsils. As they rot they become smelly and...

Nasty abscess in tonsil remnant

Laser release of tonsil pus

Study on laser tonsillotomy compared to traditional tonsillectomy

JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(2):e2148655. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48655 Quite a good study, although the mean of 4 days before return...

The advantages of high definition examination when looking at tonsils and tonsil stones

Here is a deep crack in a tonsil. By going very close up and into the crack you can actually see debris in the bottom, which is the...