title: Tongue piercing (oral body art).
abstract: Oral body art is a relatively recent fashion in the West where jewelry is inserted in the oral soft tissues. A patient who had tongue-piercing is presented, and the subject of oral piercing reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Study of Oral Disease, University of Bristol Dental Hospital and School, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D012652:Self Mutilation; D014059:Tongue / Q000293:injuries*