RT Book, Section
A1 Jauch, Edward C.
A1 Valdez, J. Amadeo
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181040794
T1 Oral Cavity Piercing Complications
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181040794
RD 2024/04/20
AB Facial  piercings  are  increasingly  common.  While  external  piercings,  such  as  ear  and  eyebrow  rings,  are  visibly  apparent,  intraoral  and  extraoral  piercing  may  not  be  readily  visible  on  initial  inspection.  An  awareness  and  suspicion  for  recent  lip,  labret,  tongue,  or  other  oral  mucosal  piercings  should  be  performed  in  any  trauma  patient  as  they  may  cause  intraoral  damage,  produce  artifact  and  diminished  CT  scan  quality  if  not  removed,  and  interfere  during  intubation.  Common  nontraumatic  complications  of  intraoral  include  peri-piercing  cellulitis,  abscess  formation,  hemorrhage,  penetrating  wounds,  dental  injury,  and  granuloma  or  keloid  formation  around  a  stud.  Although  infrequent,  systemic  infection  may  result.  If  the  ball  comes  off  the  post,  it  may  be  swallowed  or,  rarely,  aspirated.  Playing  with  tongue  rings  may  result  in  lingual  surface  tooth  abrasion,  erosion,  chipping,  fracture,  and  gingival  resorption.