Is My Bad Breath Due To Tonsilloliths?Have you ever tried breaking open one of those tonsilloliths? They smell exactly like bad breath!
Try it sometime and you’ll be in for an unpleasant surprise! They smell like a cross between rotten eggs and vomit!
I had always thought that this meant that I had bad breath – however it turns out that this is sometimes true, but not always true!
Those white smelly lumps called tonsilloliths are actually composed of a couple of gases that really do cause bad smells. These are hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan. And it turns out that these are the same gases that cause the odor of halitosis in most people.
However this information is a little misleading – in the case of tonsil stones, usually the smell is actually contained within the tonsil stones themselves. Unless it actually breaks open in the back of your throat, this odor is not usually released.
However (and this is a big however)... if you are creating these (and thus the foul odors of methyl mercaptan and hydrogen sulfide), then you have the exact oral environment that is most conducive to bad breath, existing in the back of your throat and tonsils.
Thus, in most cases, people with tonsilloliths, also may have a breath problem – either occasional or chronic. This is because the exact conditions that cause tonsil stones (post-nasal drip, dry mouth, white tongue, excess mucous), and also very likely to cause halitosis.
For more information on halitosis and all of its causes, I highly recommend taking a moment to download a free ebook called The Bad Breath Bible. This highly informative ebook, written by Dr. Harold Katz, tells you everything you need to know about breath issues, and how to stop them.
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