Gum Diseases Linked To Use of Oral Piercings
By Frank D. Roylance
THE BALTIMORE SUN. The Baltimore Sun is a Tribune Co. newpaper.
August 19, 2003
People who jab gold studs through their lips and pierce their tongues with silver bars are not usually eager to hear a lecture on gum disease.
But Dr. John K. Brooks tries anyway: Oral jewelry, the dentist tells them, can cost you a tooth.
"The patients I've been successful with are the ones that had pain and infection. They're much more ready to be convinced," Brooks says.
Brooks and two colleagues at the University of Maryland Dental School say there is growing clinical evidence that oral piercings increase the risk of gum disease, painful infections and tooth loss.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dscolumn3419267aug19,0,7963197.story?coll=ny-health-headlines
By Frank D. Roylance
THE BALTIMORE SUN. The Baltimore Sun is a Tribune Co. newpaper.
August 19, 2003
People who jab gold studs through their lips and pierce their tongues with silver bars are not usually eager to hear a lecture on gum disease.
But Dr. John K. Brooks tries anyway: Oral jewelry, the dentist tells them, can cost you a tooth.
"The patients I've been successful with are the ones that had pain and infection. They're much more ready to be convinced," Brooks says.
Brooks and two colleagues at the University of Maryland Dental School say there is growing clinical evidence that oral piercings increase the risk of gum disease, painful infections and tooth loss.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dscolumn3419267aug19,0,7963197.story?coll=ny-health-headlines