Oral Piercings

Some people choose to express themselves with body piercing. Oral piercing or tongue splitting may look cool, but they can be very dangerous to your health. Your mouth contains millions of bacteria and infections and swelling often occur with mouth piercings. What you may not know is that your mouth and tongue could swell so much that you close your airway or you could possibly choke if part of the jewelry breaks off in your mouth. In some cases, you could crack a tooth if you bite down too hard on the piercing. Repeated clicking of jewelry against your teeth can also cause damage. Oral piercing could also lead to more serious infections such as hepatitis or endocarditis.