Knowledge Awareness and Practice regarding Complications of Oral and Perioral Piercings among Undergraduate Dental Students

Abstract

Body piercing was an artistic custom associated with religious or conventional solemnities in age. Presently, it has grown in fashionability among teenagers and youthful people as a form of tone expression. Youthful grown-ups are now constantly seen with body and oral piercings, which can beget several complications. Cases with intraoral piercing frequently present with poor dental and periodontal health, as well as colorful complications and side goods. The public is frequently inadequately informed about the pitfalls they are exposed to after intraoral piercing and the strategies for minimizing them, and indeed healthcare professionals often have limited knowledge of the pitfalls and complications that may arise after this procedure. To the stylish of our knowledge, no published data assessing the knowledge of oral and personal piercing among the population living in Khammam are presently available. Considering this, we conducted this study to assess the position of mindfulness and knowledge of oral piercing and its complications among the population living in Khammam megacity and estimate the correlation of nation, age, and socioeconomic status (educational position, area of hearthstone, and income) with the position of individual knowledge.