Tongue Stud May Cause Tooth Gap

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Tongue Stud May Cause Tooth Gap

September 1, 2010 | ISSUE 46•35

A case study in the Journal Of Clinical Orthodontics showed that over a period of seven years, a young woman playing with her tongue stud inadvertently caused a gap to form between her front teeth. What do you think?

Who cares? In seven years we'll all be so old anyway."

Eileen Nahem
Cashier
If you're going to put something roundish and irritating on your tongue for that long, why not make it a microscopic pebble? At least you'll eventually produce a pearl."

Renaldo Gonzalez
Systems Analyst
Seven years? But the Omar Sharif look-alike contest is this weekend!"

Kevin Tessler
Delivery Driver

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