CRYPTIC TONSILS AND HALITOSIS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND A CLINICAL IMAGE
ricerca orale2019-07-06T16:44:14+02:00Dott. Valentino Natoli, Introduction. The tonsils are lymph nodes located at the level of the mouth and pharynx. The term lymph gland means an organ with anti-infective and immune function, the task of the tonsils is to protect the body from pathogens that can invade the tissues around the orifices of the nasal and oral cavity(1) .Acute tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils caused by bacteria or viruses and can result in peri-tonsillar abscesses. Chronic tonsillitis is a tenacious infection of the tonsils that can lead to the formation of tonsillar stones.(2) Chronic tonsillitis (CT) can be of two types: [...]