Tongue piercing: Case report and ethical overview

General Dentistry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-247

  Dunn, William J ^a   Reeves, Teresa E ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAF Lakenheath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; DYSPHAGIA; ESTHETICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PUS; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE DISEASE; ABSCESS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GLOSSITIS; HYPERSALIVATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUNCTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TONGUE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; ETHICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; GLOSSITIS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PUNCTURES; SIALORRHEA; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TONGUE;

EID: 4143123695     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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