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Tongue Piercing

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Oral and perioral piercing, which involve the insertion of jewellery into the tongue, lip, cheek, frenulum, uvula, or other part of the mouth, has long been practiced in the world for religious, tribal, cultural, sexual, or identity reasons [1].

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Sakr, M.F. (2022). Tongue Piercing. In: Tongue Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08198-9_7

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