Oral piercing and gingival recession: Review of the literature and a case report

Quintessence International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-112

  Dibart, Serge ^a   De Feo, Paul ^b   Surabian, George ^b   Hart, Andrea ^b   Capri, Diego ^a   Su, Ming Fan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental trauma; Gingival recession; Oral body art; Tongue piercing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIP; MALE; REVIEW; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FOREIGN BODIES; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; TONGUE;

EID: 0036480888     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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