Dental and periodontal complications of lip and tongue piercing: Prevalence and influencing factors

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-78

  Plessas, A ^a   Pepelassi, E ^b  

^a Private Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foreign body complications; gingival recession; oral piercing; periodontal disease; tooth fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857746294     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2011.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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