Oral Piercing and Associated Complications: Two Case Reports

From Volume 31, Issue 7, September 2004 | Pages 421-422

Authors

Paul Scott

BChD, MFGDP(UK), MFDS RCS(Eng), MSc, MOrth RCS(Ed), FDS RCS(Eng),

Staff Grade Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust

Articles by Paul Scott

Ahmed Baker

BDS, SHO

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust

Articles by Ahmed Baker

R. James Spencer

BDS, MSc, FDS(Orth.) RCS(Eng.), MOrth RCS(Eng.)

Consultant Orthodontist, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust

Articles by R. James Spencer

Abstract

These two cases, which presented in a three-month period to a Maxillofacial Surgery Department of a District General Hospital, demonstrate problems that can occur following oral piercing.

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