@article {Chadwick:July 2005:1355-7610:83,
	author = "Chadwick, Barbara L.",
	author = "Groves, Gemma",
	author = "Dransfield, Kathryn",
	title = "Orofacial Piercings: Perceptions of Dental Practitioners and Piercing Parlours",
	journal = "Primary Dental Care",
	volume = "12",
	year = "July 2005",
	abstract = "<B>Objectives:</B> To identify the advice given by piercing parlours prior to orofacial piercing and to determine how many dental practitioners see complications from orofacial piercings.<P></P><B>Method:</B> Administered questionnaire to 19 piercing parlours and postal questionnaire to 400 dental practitioners in south-east Wales.<P></P><B>Results:</B> Ninety-nine per cent of 227 dental practitioners in south-east Wales had treated patients with orofacial piercings, over three-quarters had seen a patient for a complication caused by the piercing, and over half (N=120) had treated a patient for a complication of piercing. Tongue (N=225) and lip (N=209) piercings were most frequently seen and the most commonly occurring complication was fractured or cracked teeth (N=176). Almost all practitioners wanted more information on orofacial piercing and its sequelae. All 19 piercing parlours in south-east Wales warned clients about pain following piercing and 18 mentioned swelling; only four discussed possible damage to teeth and none discussed the risk of airway obstruction.<P></P><B>Conclusions:</B> Despite the concerns of dental and medical professionals orofacial piercing remains popular and the complications it causes are frequently seen by dental practitioners. There is a need for literature to assist both dental practitioners and piercers in advising and safeguarding patients.",
	pages = "83-88(6)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/fgdp/pdc/2005/00000012/00000003/art00005"
	doi = "doi:10.1308/1355761054348477"
}