Episode #6 - - Our Nasty Secret

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on January 16, 2012 at 11:32pm

http://www.tonsilstones.com/

 

What is a tonsillolith? Tonsilloliths, also known as tonsil stones, are irregularly shaped, whitish/yellow, foul-smelling globs of mucus and bacteria that get caught in the back of the throat. The tonsil stones form in the tonsil crypts which are simply small pockets or divots that appear in everyones tonsils. The scientific name for these white globs is tonsilloliths.

Here is the specific method used to get rid of tonsil stones

 

It is only recently that the oral care community has begun to understand what these white spots actually are - many people have reported that their dentist told them that they were just extra food debris, which is not true!

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on January 16, 2012 at 11:35pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith