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	Lip piercing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lip piercings are a type of body piercings which penetrate the lips or, more commonly, the area surrounding the lips.
		Most lip piercings have the potential to damage both teeth and gums if proper jewelry is not worn, or if the placement of the individual piercing is poor.
		Lip piercing has been or continues to be practiced by several peoples, the most well-known of which are certain African tribes, who wear large decorative plates or discs, usually in the lower lip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lip_piercing (631 words)

	Lip frenulum piercing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A lip frenulum piercing is a body piercing through either the upper or lower lip frenulums.
		These piercings are relatively simple piercings, and heal quickly, although they do have a high tendency to reject over time.
		Usually the jewelry worn in these piercings is low gauge, as there is not much tissue to pierce or stretch, and larger gauge jewelry may be more likely to damage the teeth and gums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lip_frenulum_piercing (355 words)

	Lip Piercings
		The mouth and lips are a sensuous part of the body and power is an aphrodisiac, so it is only natural that only the higher castes of Aztecs and Mayans should adorn their lips with labrets of pure gold.
		Now, lip piercing is more common among the general populace, more often on the lower lip, however recently upper lip piercing has become popular, like the famous ‘Madonna’ or ‘Cindy Crawford’ beauty mark.
		If the piercing is abused while the piercing is healing an 18 or 16ga ring may tear the inside of the lip or create scarring on both entrances.
	www.eventsboard.com /lip_piercings.htm (622 words)

	DrBunn.com - Lip and Tongue Piercing
		The piercing of the lips for the insertion of objects into them is very widely practiced throughout the world, however only two tribes pierce the lips with a ring; the Dogon tribe of Mali, and the Nuba of Ethiopia.
		All the other lip piercing that is practiced in the world is done with labrets, which can either be a pin of wood, ivory, metal, or even in one case quartz crystals.
		Lip and labret piercings have a tendency to move position on the inside of the lip, this process is called nesting.
	www.drbunn.com /piercing.htm (2577 words)

	Oral Piercing
		Piercing should be approached with extreme caution and avoided in the tongue, cheek or lips.
		Methods: Twenty-nine young adults with lip piercing (mean age: 21.8; 15 females) and 29 without (mean age: 22.3; 15 females) were recruited from the community and examined for gingival recession on the buccal aspect of the mandibular central incisors.
		It is imperative to be aware of the increasing occurrence of oral piercing and its health implications such as infection, fractured teeth, damaged gingival tissue, increased salivary flow, and negative affects on speech, mastication, swallowing, and alveolar bone abnormalities surrounding the mandibular anterior teeth associated with the wearing of a tongue stud.
	www.dentalgentlecare.com /oral_piercing.htm (2825 words)

	Dental Services - Lip Piercing
		Jennifer was an 18-year-old university student who had her lip pierced while on a skiing trip to Whistler as an expression of her new found independence and self expression.
		The piercing itself went well (after she got over the fact that Andy her piercist had more tattoos on his body than in his portfolio), and her lip seemed to be healing well.
		It was not until about 3 months after the piercing that Jennifer began to notice that her teeth became steadily more and more sensitive when she ate ice cream or sipped on her morning Tim Horton's coffee.
	www.britesmile.ca /lippiercing.html (848 words)

	::Piercing Pleasure:: Body Piercing History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The piercing of the lips for the insertion of objects into them is very widely practised throughout the world, however only two tribes pierce the lips with a ring; the Dogon tribe Of Mali, and the Nuba of Ethiopia.
		The Septum piercing was beloved by the Aztecs, the Mayans, and the Incas.
		Septum piercing was widely practised by many North American Indian tribes, the name of the Nez Perc, tribe of Washington state, stem from their practice of piercing the septum, Nez Perc, is French for Nose Pierced, and was given to the tribe by the French fur traders.
	www.piercingpleasure.com /piercing_history.htm (4032 words)

	Lip Body Piercing Aftercare and Healing Information
		The piercing on the face should be tended to by using the second set of suggestions labeled ‘Primary Facial Suggestions’.
		The optimal way to care for your piercing is to rinse your mouth for 30-60 seconds with a medical-grade oral rinse (such as Tech 2000 or Biotene) after every meal during the initial healing period (3-6 weeks).
		Once the jewelry and piercing are lathered with soap, spin the jewelry so that the ball on the jewelry rests on one hole of your piercing; then, spin it so that the ball rests on the opposite hole.
	www.tribalectic.com /LipJewelryAftercare.asp (2214 words)

	Lip Piercing, Lip Piercings Aftercare , Care Healing
		Nowadays, Lip piercing has surpassed even the navel piercing, the most popular and most visible piercings in the world.
		These piercings can be done with either 1m or 1.6mm rings of various diameters depending on taste and the placement for a ring can be virtually anywhere along the lip.
		Occasionally, labrets are y positioned in the corner of the upper lip, in the position of an old-fashioned beauty mark.
	body-tongue-piercing.com /lip-piercing.htm (241 words)

	Lip Piercing Can Lead to Receding Gums - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
		Numerous case reports and a few clinical studies have examined the association between tongue piercing and receding gums, and oral piercing, typically involving the tongue and/or the lip, has been associated with periodontal complications.
		A research group from the Ohio State University in Columbus recruited, from the community, 29 young adults with lip piercing (mean age, 21 years, 8 months; 15 females) and 29 without (mean age, 22 years, 3 months; 15 females) and examined them for gingival recession on the buccal aspect of the mandibular central incisors.
		These results indicate that lip piercing is strongly associated with increased prevalence and severity of receding gums, and increased time of wear is associated with increased prevalence of recession.
	www.medgadget.com /archives/2005/03/lip_piercing_ca.html (501 words)

	The Labret, or Lip Piercing - Body Art
		Primitive and contemporary piercings are found in both the upper and lower lips in a variety of thicknesses and placements.
		Placement of lip piercings can vary quite a bit, and often jewelry choice is related to the location and size of the piercing.
		This is a piercing that should never be performed by someone who has not had training, and should never be done with a piercing gun.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art6352.asp (646 words)

	Lip Piercing - Totally Pierced Sydney
		The most important things for a successful Lip piercing are the placement of the piercing and the sizing of jewellery.
		As this piercing can sometimes swell for the first few days, it is crucial initially not to have the ring too snug with the lip to allow for any swelling.
		During this period it is important not to touch the piercing unless cleaning (twice a day on the outside of the lip for the first 14 days with an antiseptic solution that Totally Pierced provides), no oral contact, maintain good oral hygiene, and to be careful not to knock the piercing.
	www.totallypierced.com.au /webpages/lip-piercing.html (289 words)

	News 8 Austin \| 24 Hour Local News \| Health Beat
		Lip piercing is commonly called a 'labret.' People with this type of piercing are more likely to develop receding gums in the front bottom teeth, where the stud of the piercing rubs against the gums.
		Check that the piercing shop is clean and that the person doing the piercing washes his or her hands with a germicidal soap.
		The person doing the piercing should not use a piercing gun, they're not considered to be sterile.
	www.news8austin.com /content/living/health_beat/default.asp?ArID=163241 (546 words)

	Dental1.org - Lip Piercing: Too High a Price for Fashion
		The 29 recruits with lip studs had a 41 percent higher level of receding gums as opposed to the 29 adults with no lips studs who had a mere 6.9 percent.
		Age and gender didn't matter; the length of time a lip was pierced is what determined the rate of gingival recession.
		Infection is also a common complication of oral piercing due to the amount of bacteria found in the mouth.
	www.dental1.org /news/dentalmainstory.cfm/18/1 (702 words)

	Information on Body Piercing from Palo Alto Medical Foundation
		A piercing gun should not be used because it crushes the tissues that are pierced and it cannot be properly sterilized.
		Skin heals after piercings by forming a layer of cells called epithelial cells along the inside of the piercing to protect the body from the foreign object.
		First, make sure that your piercing is done with a sterile object, and that jewelry inserted in the new piercing site is also sterile, to prevent bacteria and foreign objects from entering the body.
	www.pamf.org /teen/health/bodyart/piercing.html (966 words)

	Lip piercing jewelry, labret
		Lip piercing is the practice of piercing one's lip with a stud barbell or ring.
		We offer the best lip body jewelry that you will find on the internet.
		Lip rings that will fit all budgets and styles.
	www.finepiercing.com /lip-piercing.html (73 words)

	Lip Piercing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One case is the women of the Sara tribe of Central Africa use saucer-shaped plugs to spread or stretch the lip after slitting.
		The piercing must be cleaned twice daily during healing which is on an average 2-3 months.
		The worst part of the lip piercing is the swelling in the first 1-2 days which can eating and speech difficult.
	www.axiompiercing.com /studiopiercinglip.htm (289 words)

	Gingival recessions caused by lip piercing: case report Dental Assistant, The - Find Articles
		Other complications caused by lip piercing, such as lip inflammation, localized tissue overgrowth (17) and metallic stud of a jewel that was embedded into the lip, (21) have also been reported, as well as several cases of pathologic conditions caused by oral and perioral piercings, such as bacterial infections, edema and allergies (particularly to nickel).
		The patient had undergone lip piercing six months earlier; the lip stud was positioned 1 cm below the medium portion of the inferior lip, where a metallic sphere could be seen.
		They found that tongue piercing can be an important causative agent in the development of gingival recession of the lower anterior teeth and was also associated with dental trauma in molars.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0MKX/is_5_73/ai_n6330808 (787 words)

	The Lacrosse Forums - LIP PIERCING?
		There were 3 guys with pierced ears who had them in and one of them had an eyebrow piercing in.
		The other 2 with piercings went before me (I was the last guy to go) and their interviews lasted about 15 minutes a piece.
		my friends sister got her lip pierced at college and imo i thnk it looks bad (on her anyway)...i'm not against it but idk it just doesn't look appealing to me...she is a little emo tho and stuff so i guess it fits her personality
	www.lacrosseforums.com /showthread.php?t=34231 (2959 words)

	Lip piercing bad for gums
		The same risk with tongue piercings was reported by the British Dental Association in its official journal in 2003.
		The Ohio research shows that people with lip piercings were far more likely to have receding gums than those without piercings and gum recession is associated with gum disease, which can cause the loss of teeth that are otherwise healthy.
		The metal of the lip stud physically rubbing over the gum at the neck of the tooth causes the gum to recede and once this has happened the gum will not grow back and often becomes more difficult to clean and even more prone to gum disease.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=8789 (341 words)

	Lip Piercing : Awesome navel jewelry & piercing, navel rings, navel barbells, navel charms and navel piercing jewelry, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lips are generally pierced off to the left or right, and are sometimes pierced in the middle (labret).
		A clamp is placed on the lip, and the lip is then stretched slightly to that it is away from the teeth and gums.
		A mark with a marker is used to identify the area to be pierced.
	www.jewelryranks.com /b2c/index.php?main_page=lip_piercing (327 words)

	Lip Piercing Can Lead to Receding Gums
		Lip piercing can lead to receding gums and may make the problem worse, say researchers from Ohio State University.
		They compared the gums of 29 young adults with pierced lips to those of 29 with unpierced lips.
		People who'd had their lips pierced for the longest time fared worst.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/101/106497.htm (325 words)

	Blue and Orange: Lip Piercing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I've been wanting a new piercing for a while now, and I've always thought lip rings were pretty hot, so I figured, what the hell.
		It hurt a little more than I was expecting it to -- the tongue piercing didn't hurt at all, and the eyebrow piercing didn't hurt more than a pinch either, and with the cartilage piercings at least I expected them to hurt.
		This one hurt as he drove the needle through my lip and actually continued hurting for a few moments afterwards, which is too bad -- the nice thing about piercing is usually that the pain is a split second and gone instantly after that.
	www.blueandorange.org /blue/archives/2004/11/lip_piercing.html (477 words)

	Tongue & Lip Piercing - Halton Region Health Department
		Tongue and lip piercings should only be done by a professional body artist using sterile equipment.
		The area to be pierced must be cleaned with soap and water and then with a skin antiseptic such as alcohol.
		During tongue piercing, the tongue swells quite a lot at first, so an extra long barbell is inserted into the hole.
	www.halton.ca /health/programs/dental/general_oral_health_information/lip_and_tongue_piercing.htm (211 words)

	my long awaited lip piercing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One thing I had always wanted and especially liked the look of was a center lip piercing, so a couple of months ago, after long admiring everybody else's body art, I finally decided it was time for some of my own, and to go ahead and get it done.
		Again, being my first piercing, I was nervous, but as ready as I was ever going to be, so I said "Go for it".
		Also, crusty stuff will accumulate on your piercing for awhile--mine did it on occasion for about 2 or 3 weeks, and you have to keep that cleaned off--I tried not to play with my piercing too much, so as not to irritate it, but I did rotate it to clean it.
	www.bmezine.com /pierce/05-lips/A10626/lipmylon.html (786 words)

	Oral Piercing Causes Long-Term Dental Damage
		July 21, 2003 -- Piercing is a hot fashion trend but you may not be smiling pretty for long if you get one in your mouth.
		A new study shows oral piercing -- such as on the tongue or lip -- may cause tooth loss.
		The researchers discussed five cases of young adults with oral piercing jewelry and the health of the gums near it.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/71/81289.htm (300 words)

	Warning on lip piercing
		The study found that people with this type of piercing were significantly more likely than people without to develop receding gums in the front bottom teeth, where the stud of the piercing rubs against the gums.
		Dimitris N. Tatakis,who authored the study, said the problem only occurs with lip piercings that include a stud on the inside of the lip that hits the gum- line, and only affects the part of the gums that touches that stud.
		They found that 40% of people with this type of lip piercing had receding gums in their bottom front teeth, compared with only 7% of people without any lip piercings.
	www.irishhealth.com /?level=4&id=7143 (206 words)

	lip piercing and playing?
		A piece of metal sticking through your lip could potentially alter the air flow, move the lip out a bit, etc...and either of these, it seems to me, would be enough to warrant some small compensations on your part.
		the problem with facial piercings is that there are tiny muscles that coud be harmed in the process causing paralysis etc. She happened to have a good experience but a bad body artist could cause irrepairable damage.
		First, tongue piercings make it nearly impossible to play the flute because the ball of the piercing in right in the way of the air flow from your mouth.
	www.8notes.com /f/25_165257.asp (937 words)

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