Images were obtained with standard algorithms and soft-tissue windows. The presence of tonsilloliths was evaluated both on panoramic radiographs and CT images independently. Using the differential ...

Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are small, hard lumps of food, bacteria, and other particles trapped in the small ...

In many cases, they can be safely removed at home. Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are clumps or lumps that form when debris becomes trapped in pockets in the tonsils—the mounds of ...

One of the important results of the present study was that relatively many subjects with no symptoms in the oropharyngeal area had one or more tonsilloliths (46.1%). Some investigators have also ...