It is not recommended to use dental floss to flush tonsil stones, tonsil stones are mostly in the pharyngeal saphenous fossa, dental floss to the purpose of rinsing out the stones, and if the operation is not appropriate can cause mucosal damage. Diligent gargling, maintain oral hygiene, prevent the production of dental calculus, if necessary, surgical treatment.
1. gargle: tonsil stones are mainly due to food debris, necrotic cells and bacterial mucus and other substances precipitation. For smaller tonsil stones, you can choose to gargle with warm salt water, which can dislodge the tonsil stones, and you should develop a good habit of brushing teeth and gargling to reduce the incidence of tonsil stones.
2. Surgery: For tonsil stones of large size, simple gargling and toothbrushing and other auxiliary measures, it is difficult to remove them, if necessary, also need to cooperate with the doctor to give simple stone stripping or tonsillectomy to eliminate the stones.
It is recommended that the patient can go to the ENT department of the hospital, according to their own situation, by professional doctors to handle and treat.