Oral Piercings
Unlike changing your hairstlyle or clothes, a body piercing is more permanent. The effect that an oral piercing can have on your mouth could last a lifetime.
Q: Why are dentists extremely opposed to oral piercings?
A: Think about your mouth - warm, dark, and moist - the perfect haven for bacteria to form, or your lip - where food and drink pass everyday to keep you healthy and active. This oral area is important to our health, but it is also an area which must be maintained by regular good hygiene habits. The decision to pierce these areas can easily bring about serious infections and potentially cause health issues.
If you chose to have your tongue or lip pierced, you run the risk of the following:

• Chipped or broken teeth
• Choking from mouth jewelry
• A speech impediment
• Chronic infection
• Skin allergies to the jewelry that's used
• Permanent holes in your body
• Blood borne-diseases

These are things which often occur. It is important to consider these health risks before you make a decision which you might seriously regret in the future.

Q: Just How Bad Is the Piercing Scene?
A: Body piercing is unregulated in most U.S. states and is even illegal in some. Since body piercing has become popular, shops have sprung up everywhere - with little or no regulation and very little incentive to take precautions against infections or other health hazards. Substantial risks exist for chronic infection, prolonged bleeding, hepatitis, tetanus and other dangerous blood-borne diseases.