Piercing - provocateur dental disease?

In connection with this discovery, advised Israeli doctors at the University of Tel Aviv think teenagers think twice before you follow the fashion. Dentists have found that about 15-20 percent of teens with oral piercings are at high risk of tooth loss due to the formation of cracks in the enamel and gum disease. High levels of periodontal problems because of the piercing on the lip or tongue is not seen in other age groups, and cases of severe tooth decay in young people as up to 18-19 years without piercing rare. Doctors warn that the wearing of earrings in the mouth can even lead to death, since there are cases where swelling and inflammation after treatment with a soft lip piercing or linguistic tissue edema interfere with the respiratory system. The most common complications of piercing - fractures of the teeth (especially front) and periodontal disease - are long-term. Doctors recommend that parents discourage their children from the lip and tongue piercing, but if you still can not meet these demands, we need to make sure to get in all of the tools during the procedure were disposable and other equipment properly disinfected. After the procedure, the area where the piercing is done, the Commission, within two weeks after the washing liquid with antiseptic hloroksidina. Also worth a long time to clean the area gently piercing and do not touch it. Then you should go to the dentist regularly, because the infection for a long time formed and requires immediate removal.