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

How to remove tonsil stones under local anaesthetic spray by laser vapourisation. In clinic. A lunchtime procedure.

Help get rid of tonsil stones

The gold standard operation for tonsil stones is traditional tonsillectomy. But it's expensive, dangerous and very painful.

Tonsil stones are a cause of bad breath and halitosis.

Also a cause of bad breath and halitosis. The crypts can be completely removed using local anaesthetic spray only, a lunchtime laser...

Big tonsils cause lots of problems. They can be successfully shrunk right back by laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray.

Bad breath is more likely to be caused by tonsil problems than tooth disease! Tonsil stones are the same as periodontal bad breath causes.

Sometimes patients with bad breath and taste don't know they have tonsil stones, they just fall out and are swallowed. It's still...