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Volume 7 Issue 6 (June, 2019)

Case Reports

Palatine Tonsillolith as a Cause of Halitosis
Winny Yohana, Hening Tjaturina Pramesti, Emma Rachmawati

Tonsillolith palatine is a condition which is caused by trapping plaque that formed by an accumulation of sulfur-producing bacteria, fungus, desquamated cells, and food debris which attached on tonsillar palatine crypts. This plaque may cause halitosis due to formation of volatile molecule which caused pathological or non-pathological condition. The purpose of this study is to manage the halitosis which is caused by tonsillolith palatine. Case report presented was a female of fifty-six-year-old, came to a clinic, suffered from difficulty of deglutition, shore throat, itching in posterior of the mouth.  Clinical examination showed the left tonsillar palatine was slightly red, protruding lesions appeared with hard consistency, well delineated, non-tender, white pin point in the tonsillar mass.  Her Oral hygiene index is fair, there was palpable submandibular lymphadenophaty. The tonsillolith size was 2x3x1 mm. Treatment applied was removal of the tonsilolith by excavator, using mouth rinsing, prescribed antibiotic, and oral hygiene maintenance. In two-weeks treatment time tonsillolith excavated, the halitosis disappeared.


Key words: Palatine Tonsillolith, Halitosis.

Received: 10 May, 2019                                  Revised:  28 May 2019                  Accepted: 29 May 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Winny Yohana,  Pediatric Dentist, Senior lecturer, Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Bandung-Indonesia

This article may be cited as: Yohana W, Pramesti HT, Rachmawati E. Palatine Tonsillolith as a Cause of Halitosis. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(6): 103-105.

 
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