ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Piercing and Oral Health: A Study on the Knowledge of Risks and Complications.
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- Novel Gels for Post-Piercing Care: Evaluating the Efficacy of Pranoprofen Formulations in Reducing Inflammation.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Putting the mouth back in the body - the neglected area of dental and oral travel health.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Review
- Oral health knowledge, behavior, and barriers to dental care of adult Jordanians adorning oral and/or perioral piercings-a cross-section study.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Understanding the role of a general education course Oral Science in establishing oral health knowledge and behaviors among undergraduate students from different majors: a questionnaire-based study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Oral Complications Associated with the Piercing of Oral and Perioral Tissues and the Corresponding Degree of Awareness among Public and Professionals: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Knowledge and Awareness of Oral and Perioral Piercing and Its Complications Among the Population in Riyadh.Cureus · 2023Article
- Oral Piercing: A Pretty Risk-A Scoping Review of Local and Systemic Complications of This Current Widespread Fashion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A novel surgical technique for prevention of self-sucking in cattle and buffaloes: tongue piercing.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- A Study of Body Modification Artists' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Infection Control: A Questionnaire-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Assessing Undergraduates' Perception of Risks Related to Body Art in Italy: The SUPeRBA Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with medical complications after body art among Israeli adults: a retrospective study.Israel journal of health policy research · 2021Article
- Oral Prevention and Management of Oral Healthcare.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Development of 3D Printed Drug-Eluting Scaffolds for Preventing Piercing Infection.Pharmaceutics · 2020Article
- Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among University Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of the present study is to verify the knowledge of risks and complications of oral piercings, and to observe the main complications associated with piercings, using a sample from central Italy of patients wearing intraoral piercings. Through piercing and tattoo studios selected randomly in Rome, Latina and Campobasso, and a tattoo and piercing convention in Latina, a group of 387 individuals with oral piercings were selected and asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire. After filling in questionnaires, 70 individuals of the 387 selected agreed to be visited to allow the observation of the integrity of their teeth and gums (especially close to the oral piercing), oral hygiene conditions, piercing cleaning, bad habits and gingival recession. Among the respondents, 46.8% said they had not been informed about these risks, 48.5% claimed not to clean the piercing, 70.6% stated that they had not been made aware of gingival problems that can arise, 60.4% subjects stated that they were not informed about the complications of piercings concerning teeth, 52.8% had insufficient oral hygiene conditions, 42% showed signs of generalised gingivitis, 20% had 3-4 mm recessions and 22% had tooth fracture(s) due to piercing. From this study, it emerged that oral piercings can represent a risk to oral health and that there is a widespread lack of awareness of the complications and correct methods of maintaining oral piercings. Periodic checks by both dentists and dental hygienists, for patients with oral piercings, could play a decisive role in preventing, intercepting and treating the complications that they can cause.
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