Tonsil stones, if not removed can cause chronic halitosis. Here are the 10 best methods for removing tonsil stones.
Note: Certain methods will work better for some than other because of differences in tonsil crypt size and tolerance to gag reflexes.
Removing Tonsil Stones with the QuickBreeze Oral Irrigator
The oral irrigator from QuickBreeze has been the #1 rated product for removing tonsil stones on our entire website. The reason is, people suggest using a water-pik, but most of them shoot the water too fast for your sensitive tonsils. The idea behind using irrigation is to fill the holes in your tonsils, called crypts, with water to flush out the tonsil stones. Using the Quickbreeze (make sure your mirror is low enough to be able to see inside your mouth!), you can control the amount of water pressure. So you don’t have to risk tonsil infection by using a waterpik that blasts water at your tonsils. This is the most instant solution for removing tonsil stones that we’ve come across! This is a must have if you need fresh breath as fast as possible.
Removing Tonsil Stones with Finger Pressure
This is the most commonly used method of removing tonsil stones. This is done by using either your pointer or index finger to apply pressure to the side of your tonsil. Start from the bottom and push upwards, which for most people will effectively dislodge the tonsil stones out of the tonsil. This is one of the methods that your gag reflex and size of tonsil crypts will come into play on how effective it is at removing tonsil stones. Personally I’ve had decent success using this removal method, as I can typically remove larger tonsil stones this way.
Removing Tonsil Stones with Good Advice
If you’ve done a search or two before on tonsil stones, you’ve most likely come across a “buy my ebook and you’ll never have tonsil stones again!” website. I honestly can’t speak for every tonsil stones website out there, but I can speak great of the book from Terminate Tonsil Stones. This is absolutely the best step by step guide to removing tonsil stones that’s available today. Being as the cure for tonsil stones seems to work better or worse for certain people, this book covers multiple and alternative methods to ensure the best tonsil stones treatment for every individual. And with something like a .03 return rate and a 365 day ( yeah one year! ) return policy, it’s easily worth the under $15 price tag.
Removing Tonsil Stones with Grapefruit Seed Extract
Grapefruit seed extract has been proven by hundreds of visitors from this website to be the best method of removing tonsil stones over a period of about 7-14 days. This method works particularly well with the number 5 method of cutting dairy from your diet. To use GSE (grapefruit seed extract) effectively, simply gargle about 2 drops of this mixture in with a mouthful of water two or three times a daily. After you start gargling with GSE, browse to our official gse review and join the many success stories that have been posted by readers of this website =] GSE Guide to Removing Tonsil Stones
Removing Tonsil Stones by Dietary Limitations
This seems to be controversial to some people, but I’ve personally had success in removing the size and occurrences of tonsil stones by simply not eating or drinking anything with dairy ingredients in it. This method seems to work best with the previous method of gargling with grapefruit seed extract, according to the responses from our readers.
I’ve read a lot of hootenanny on the web about false ways to stop tonsil stones, I promise you that these are the absolute best methods on the market today for removing tonsil stones. If you have ANY questions about any of these methods please, please leave a message! I check this website everyday for questions and try to respond to all of them. Again some methods work better than others for different people, so find which one suits your lifestyle the best and start your path to a healthy and fresh mouth!
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I just got the GSE today and i followed the instructions. Its pretty disgusting and it made me gag.. I almost throw up, but anything to get rid of these nasty stones. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Hi Josh,
I had gotten rid of tonsil stones for a while after i changed toothpaste, though until now i still don’t know what is it in the toothpaste that causes tonsil stones. the one i’m using now has no fluoride by still has SLS. sadly, now that I’m pregnant, dietary restrictions are impoosible to apply for me. My family will be really upset if I do not take milk everyday… and now my tonsil stones are back with a vengance and my toothpaste is not working to get rid of them anymore. I noticed that my tonsil stones always regrow in the same area. I tried my fingers to remove them and now using a tool and i think i got them pretty deep because there is blood and mucus coming out of my crypts after removal. I’m really upset that they regrow every 2-3 days though. I don’t know how can you help with my situation. I really hate tonsil stones….
Hi Josh, and thank you so much for your advice on tonsil stone removal. I just learned from you about Grapefruit Seed Extract (can’t wait to try it)! I just wanted to share with you something I learned on my own last week (and after nearly 50 years of suffering from this condition). An infant’s ear syringe is a wonderful irrigation tool because it’s cheep and you can easily travel with it. Just aim it right under the tonsil crypt opening and quickly/firmly squeeze (warm sea salt water with a couple drops of hydrogen peroxide) and watch all the tonsil stones flush out in a couple seconds. I haven’t had any since!
Josh,
First of all I need to thank you for all of this awesome information. For the past couple of weeks every time I binge drink my tonsils swell. Initially I believed I had developed an allergy to alcohol. Yesterday I looked very closely in the mirror and realized I had one white spot on my tonsils. Later I discovered I had as much as five on each tonsil… some bigger some smaller. After I saw them I told myself I needed to go to the emergency room bc by this time it was 8pm and I was in severe pain. I had pain in both of my ears that has gone away. I am also lactose intolerant but I love cheese and ice cream… maybe now that it also affects my tonsils and not just my stomach I will stay away from dairy. I also smoke so this is what is probably causing the nasal drip… need to quit that too. Ill try out everything you have suggested and hopefully this works out for me.
Thanks,
Jenn
Josh, as someone who has suffered from a major gag reflex – I found a way to get rid of it, albeit temporarily but, long enough to remove the stone, and I know it sounds ridiculous, but it really worked for me. Make your left had a fist, with your thumb under the rest of your fingers and press hard – not enough to hurt but so the pressure is there. Keep your had like this while you press your tonsils. I think it has to do with pressure points, but it works, just don’t loosen your fist during and you should be fine. I hope this works for you!
People overlook the importance of diet. Consideration of proper diet can greatly help to manage Tonsil Stones.
Cinzia, as far as I know there aren’t any specialists that will do this for you as the “tonsil stones” condition is just starting to be recognized globally in the last few years. Following the steps in my ebook (available by link in the upper blue menu) or better off the ebook from terminate tonsil stones in the header gives you exactly the information you need to stop tonsil stones from forming. I would NOT recommend getting Dr. Katz proaktive. That product is a complete SCAM for tonsil stones. I’ve purchased it and it did absolutely nothing to help. I’m sure it will work great for people with minor breath problems that aren’t related to tonsil stones though.
The key to the information provided in the ebook is to follow it 100%. Most people don’t have the willpower to restrict certain foods from their diets and I assure you, minus a tonsillectomy, this is the ONLY proven way to stop tonsil stones. I was exactly like you not even a year ago buying every product I can to try to stop tonsil stones but it’s honestly as simple as following the methods in the ebook at the top of this website. Take care, i promise you better breath if you follow the instructions!!
Hi Josh-
Straight to the point: yes I think I do have the tonsil stones on the back of my tonsils, will I ever be able to press them out with my fingers? Never. Even The use of the tongue cleaner makes me want to through up. Where can I find somebody – a specialist- that does that for you? Also do I need it? Is the GSE and irrigator enough?
Again: Dr Katz suggests to take yogurt to help the proaktive work better, forming more ” health” bacteria inyour mouth, but being a protein, and being the protein the main ” ingredient” of the stones, how that is suppose to help your breath?
I feel that to people with chronic bad breath are given lots of information and instruments – for which you have to pay for- that DON’T help the problem at all. After years I still have to cover my mouth or stay away from people.
Thanks for any answer you’ll be able to give me.
I made the same questions to Susan Watson, but I haven’t heard from her yet.
No, I didn’t buy her ebook nor yours. It’s not for the 15 bucks, it’s for the answers I will have.