Oral & Perioral Piercing: Fashion or Vandalization from Dentists' Perspective.

Autor: Datta, Arpita, Panigrahi, Antarmayee, Mohanty, Susant
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; Nov2019, Vol. 10 Issue 11, p788-792, 5p
Abstrakt: Oral & perioral piercing has been an age-old tradition among people throughout the world including India. Until most recently seen among the youth primely, apart from various tribal communities- as signs of traditional norms, maturity in adolescents, trend setting or various cultural & religious faith. Being an extremely painful process, it possesses various complications that are deleterious & can be overcome to a larger extent with proper counseling and post-operative care. The aim of this review article is to throw light upon cons of this body adornments & character played by dentists in overcoming such complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index