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Originally posted by antryg: Annatar, have you had a dental check-up since you had the piercing? The ball, whether oon a long or short post has a tendency to "click" against the teeth and eroding the enamel. A lot of people have experienced trouble with chipping and/or thinning of the enamel.

The only thing my dentist said that he did not approve it, because in the end your teeth will be corrupted... though this can be prevented with the use of a plastic ball or a golden ball/staff, plastic will not harm your teeth in any way, but its rather ugly occasionally.

I choose for gold, its rather soft metal (you probably know that).. so if you bite on your piercing (trust me it will happen) its not your teeth that break but the piercing is bent in (has a little crater in it)

I had experienced a broken teeth due to my piercing, I had a blue titanium piercing (titanium is used due to it will not change in colorarization, or will vade in color) but as we all know... titanium is hard as hell and will not bend if you have the smart idea to chew on it [img]graemlins/uhoh2.gif[/img] (I actually bit on it accidentally)
and ended up with a broken teeth... [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

Lets just say my dentist wasn't that glad to fix it, but luckely he did not have any rights to not threat me... [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

About infection, it was her own dumb fault... you get a little yellow book when you have been pierced in your tongue (regulation) that states what you need to do the first 2 weeks (flush with mouthwater, keep it clean.. be hygienec ect..)
If you keep it clean and stay alert nothing will happen, when you have doubt about it go see your piercer and he will tell you what to do...
If it is infected there are several threatments for it... a more radical one is removing the first one and keep it clean until it as all growth like it was and pierce again... or like the girl did flush with something... that isn't really conventional but will work (chloor water, pure alchohol, bleach).

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