Oral Piercings
I never considered how difficult it would be to answer this question until a patient I provided care for about six months ago. As a parent, I believe oral piercings are dangerous and unnecessary. I personally would not consent to them for any of my minor children. As a hygienist, I know the dangers of oral piercings and have seen the damage they cause - specifically, gingival recession. But here is where the difficulty was: I had a patient with a lingual frenum ("tongue web") piercing. It quickly became apparent the patient's mother did not know about the piercing. This was perplexing to me because the patient already had an exam by Dr. (X) before I came to start her prophy.
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