What Are Tonsils Stones?

Tonsil stones or tonsilloliths are collections of various matters
that bond together and collect at the point where the rear of the
mouth and the crevasse that houses the tonsils is located.

Essentially, there are several different types of matter that can
go into the creation of tonsil stones.

The exact composition of the stones will vary somewhat from one

person to another, although all stones will contain at least two

different types of matter.

In appearance, the tonsils stones can often resemble minute amounts
of food that appear to have lodged in the area.

Generally, thestones will be off white to yellow in color, and will
almost appearto be something that could be scraped away with a
little effort.

However, as the matter matures, it becomes increasingly calcified
and adheres to the tissue with greater resistance. In the earliest
stages, tonsil stones can appear to simply be bacteria that are
present due to a cold or some type of throat infection.

Often,antibiotics may be administered due to this assumption.
While this may help to some degree, especially in alleviating any
minor outward symptoms, the problem is that the antibiotics will
not remove pockets of the calcified stones which are tonsil stones.