Tongue piercing may cause gapped teeth, according to UB study

Mark this one down as a parental nightmare. First, your child gets her tongue pierced. Then, as if you needed something else, she starts 'playing' with the tiny barbell-shaped stud, pushing it against her upper front teeth. And before you know it, she forces a gap between those teeth - a fraction-of-an-inch gap that may cost thousands of dollars in orthodontic bills to straighten...

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