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


Traditional tonsillectomy is very painful. It's an operation that is 70 years old. Outdated?
Extreme pain for 3 weeks following traditional tonsillectomy. There IS an alternative, which is intracapsular tonsillectomy.


HD video endoscopy of tonsils with cracks and holes where tonsil stones are forming
Large sore looking tonsils with cracks, crevices and holes where tonsil stones form


Tonsil stones, bad breath and cracks in the tonsil
Tonsil cracks, tonsil stones and bad breath.


Tonsillitis or tonsil stones - white marks on the tonsils
Tonsillitis or tonsil stones?
Stop snoring and sleep apnoea, it's not good for you.
Stop snoring and sleep apnoea


Tonsil stones form in holes, crevices or crypts in the tonsils
Tonsil stones form in holes, crypts and crevices in the tonsils, and cause a bad taste and bad breath - halitosis.


Snoring treatment
The treatment of snoring very much depends on what the case is. From simple position in bed to nose blockage, there are several different...


Big gap between the tonsil and the anterior facial pillar (palatoglossal fold)
This is the gap where food lodges and gets compressed into smelly white lumps called tonsil stones. To get rid of them shrink the tonsils...
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