Tonsillolith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A tonsillolith is a piece (or more commonly, a cluster) of calcareous matter which forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses (called tonsillar crypts) of the palatine tonsils (which are what ...
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Tonsillitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils and will often, but not necessarily, cause a sore throat and fever. There are 3 main types of tonsillitis: acute , subacute and chronic . Acute tonsil...
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Experts suggest that every day, every person's tonsils shed oral mucosa or dead cells, which is the stuff that lines the crypts of the tonsils. While some people swallow these dead cells, other's do not. They build up and turn into the white balls on your tonsil crypts.
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The tonsils usually appear like small, dimpled golf balls set on either side of the back of the throat. Children with large tonsils and deep crypts often do get food particles trapped in there. Because saliva contains digestive enzymes, trapped food begins to break down.
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Sweep each tonsil crypt where you see or feel tonsil stones hiding. Be sure you don't push the stones further into your tonsil crypts. You can also gently poke the outer fold of ... Although these little growths accumulate in the crypts of your tonsils, removing tonsil stones is easy when you follow a few simple steps.
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One more anatomical fact that you need to know: the surface of your tonsils is pockmarked with deep pits, appropriately called "crypts" (since dead stuff accumulates in these pits.) Oral mucosa lines the crypts. Under normal circumstances, as this mucosa sheds, the dead cells leave the crypts and are swallowed.
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A common cause of breath problems are the deep holes in the tonsils, known as crypts. These holes are supposed to be there, they provide areas where the good white cells of the body can fight the bad bacteria. Then the dead bacteria and dead white cells are extruded and swallowed.
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Tonsil Stones (tonsilloliths) are foul-smelling, whitish yellow globs of mucus, debris, and bacteria. Often misdiagnosed by dentists, they are very common. ... They 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.
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The tonsils contain many pits and pockets...called crypts. These, in some patients tend to become impacted with white foul-smelling (especially to the owner) debris that is composed of bacteria and dead cells. It may cause a low grade intermittent sore throat.
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