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


How tonsil stones form
The arrow shows a tonsil stone emerging from the front of the left tonsil. It's arising in a gap that has formed between the front of the...


How to get rid of tonsil stones
How to get rid of tonsil stones permanently, by using laser removal of the tonsils under local anaesthetic spray.


How to treat tonsil stones
Help get rid of tonsil stones


The best treatment for tonsil stones, if you want an instant result -how to get rid of tonsil stones
The gold standard operation for tonsil stones is traditional tonsillectomy. But it's expensive, dangerous and very painful.


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


Bad taste and breath but no tonsil stones or teeth/gum problems?
Sometimes patients with bad breath and taste don't know they have tonsil stones, they just fall out and are swallowed. It's still...


Bad breath and tonsil stones
Bad breath and tonsil stones


Large pitted tonsil with a deep pocket under the flap in front of it. A major cause of tonsil stones
This deep pocket can be completely opened up by laser vapourising the majority of the tonsil bulk. This can be done at HealthHub London,...
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