Wall Street Journal: Tongue piercing can lead to dental problems

An article in the Wall Street Journal's Health blog reports on a case study conducted by researchers at UB involving a woman who developed a gap between her two front teeth because of a barbell tongue piercing. The article quotes Sawsan Tabbaa, assistant professor of orthodontics, who told the woman "I will not treat you until you take this thing out….I tell my patients, 'Go put three or five holes in your ear, but don't pierce your tongue." Articles also appeared on AOL's Parent Dish, MSNBC's The Body Odd section, Yahoo! News, Futurity, the British Dental Health Foundation, New Zealand Doctor and Fox News.