Multiple dental fractures following tongue barbell placement

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Multiple dental fractures following tongue barbell placement: a case report

The number of adolescents and young adults undergoing intra-oral piercing, is increasing worldwide. There have been several case reports documenting oral and systemic complications of this practice. These include damage to the dentition, gingivae, infection, speech impediments and nerve damage. The case presented here draws attention to the possibility of multiple tooth fracture as a result of trauma incurred from a barbell inserted into the tongue.

## Worldwide warning for Tongue Piercing:
@A complication of tongue piercing. A case reportand review of the literature (PDF)
@Investigating tongue piercing (BDJ)
@Tongue piercing: Case report and review of currentp r a c t i c e (ADA in Australia)
@Tongue Piercing andAssociated ToothFracture (cda-adc.CA)
@Oral piercing and oral trauma in a New Zealand sample