Oral Ornaments: An Overview

Abstract

Nowadays, people desire to look attractive and have become very alert about their appearance and smile. Since the face is most exposed part of our body, and mouth a prominent feature, teeth are getting enormous share of attention. Intraoral jewellery has currently gained popularity and is slowly becoming a craze, but this fashion trend is also associated with some significant health issues. These ornaments though are said to enhance beauty cause problems such as increase pain, infection, scar formation, tooth fractures, metal hyper-sensitivity reactions, localized periodontal disease, speech impediment, and nerve damage. This review draws special attention to the prevalence, complications, and side effects of dental jewellery in humans. Here we suggest people must be aware of all the risks associated with wearing dental jewellery, and they should undergo dental check-ups regularly.

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“…Complications of tooth jewellery can be categorized as acute or chronic [8] . Acute complications: Acute complications related to oral jewellery incorporates post-operative pain, bleeding since of harm to the blood vessels, tearing of the encompassing tissues, metal allergy, change in taste due to nerve damage, speech and mastication issues and generation of galvanic current between the accessories and dental restorations [9] . Chronic complications: Dental trauma is more regularly seen with longer jewellery and is related to longer duration of damage.…”

“…Oral jewellery may obstruct during intubation procedure. Piercing oral tissue may imperil of transmission of blood borne diseases like HIV, hepatitis herpes simplex, Epstein bar virus, tetanus, syphilis or tuberculosis [9] .…”