Fresher breath: If halitosis (another word for bad breath) is present because of chronically infected tonsils or adenoids, this may improve after surgery.
After twenty years of not routinely performing tonsillectomies, doctors began to find that children with chronically infected tonsils had some recurring problems.
Laser tonsillectomy is indicated for the treatment of chronically infected tonsils, "tonsil stones" (tonsiloliths) and enlarged tonsils, a common cause of snoring and sleep apnea.
... are caused by organisms shown to be susceptible in vitro. 2 These observations have led us to hypothesize that bacteria from biofilms within the crypts of chronically infected tonsils ...
After twenty years of not routinely performing tonsillectomies, doctors began to find that children with chronically infected tonsils had some recurring problems.