Question for those with pierced tongues.

I was having a discussion with yet another friend who'd accidentally cracked a tooth once when she still had her tongue piercing in. It seems almost half of the folks I know with tongue studs have had similar problems with chipped / cracked teeth from chomping down on the metal.

So I ask you, how many of you here have had a similar tooth-damaging issue?

I don't have my tongue pierced but I chipped my front lower teeth within my first two days of having my labret pierced.

i had my tongue piercing for 3 years.. no tooth damaging problems.

got my tongue piercing over 2 years ago and no problems...

when i first got it i bit down on it a few times while eating, but after that i switched to an acrylic for about 4 months untill i got used to eating with a bead, that way id dent the plastic not my tooth.

My ex had a 10g and a 12g in at the same time for like 6 years, and never had a problem.

Like with anything, there can be freak accidents.

I dove into the swimming pool when I was eight and chipped both my front teeth, two days before I was a bridesmaid!!
I do it now with my laberet piercing when I eat.

I have had my my tongue pierced for about a year now. I think in total I've bitten down on it maybe twice. The majority of people I know who chip there teeth are the ones who cant leave the damn thing alone. I mean I play with my tongue ring from time to time, but some people always have it going around in there mouth hitting there teeth.

i've had mine for years & no damage at all from it

I have a plastic ball on mine so when I do bite it, it gets the brute of the damage.....

Ive had my tounge pierced for 7 years and no problems. Half the time I forget its there.

I don't have a pierced tongue, but I can tell you that kissing someone who does is awesome. I don't know why, but it's a huge turn on.

i chipped a huge chunk out of my teath when i had one,

that said you have to bite down pritty hard to do it, nost of the time you just bite it and nothing happes
i had a acrlic one and it snapped in my toungh witch wasn't nice

I have 2. One is pretty big, 6g, the other is 12g. I've had them for almost 10 years. I bite the bigger one, but it's VERY rare. I've never had a problem with chipping or cracking my teeth.

i broke a filling with my tongue ring. it came out, then the tooth broke then i had to get a root canal and a crown.

i've had it for 7 years now and i've bitten down on it a few times.

He's going to see it more than you are. Perhaps it's aesthetic for him?

If so, is he paying?

ive had mine for 12 years. i was lucky enough not to have any problems when i was using SS barbells. for the past 2 years, ive been using all acrylic barbells to lessen the risk of tooth damage.

I had my tongue pierced for almost 10 years. I had one of my lower teeth get a minor chip after about 7 years. SOme of the enamel is also worn on the backs of my teeth as well. Even when your careful, shit happens. I took mine out a few weeks ago, and I am glad to be rid of it.

5 years now, no chipped or cracked teeth. I've swallowed a few of the balls though...

I don't think it makes a bit of difference in the sex dept. I've asked my husband and others and they all agree it's no different. Maybe I just don't know how to use it.

I've found that having a tongue ring actually makes it more difficult to give head, and my boyfriend says he can't really tell the difference.

I took a huge chunk out of a molar a few years back, but that's the only time I've bitten on it in 10 years of having it.

i have had mine for 5 years or so...not a single problem

I've had my tongue pierced for better than 12 years and I think I have bitten it no more than half a dozen times. I changed from the longer "healing" barbell to a short one some time ago and it makes a big difference.

Having a pierced tongue and formerly dated a girl with same, I don't think it makes a big difference sexually. Any piercing is fun to nibble and lick, and may increase sensitivity somewhat, but I think the whole pierced tongue = great oral pleasure is a myth put forth by people who stand outside the piercing scene.

Somewhat off topic, I have also had a labret for almost 14 years and I think there has been some influence on the bottom of my lower gums. It's hard to tell because I have been through other things that have affected my dental health. I have never bitten it though.

It is simultaneously humorous and disheartening how little knowledge there is about piercing in the medical community. Everyone from doctors to laypeople will quote some wives tales about what happens when you pierce something, but there are virtually no studies or clinical trials of any kind to back any of it up. You'd think that with the explosion of pierced kids, there would be some doctor somewhere who'd put together a study.

Thank you

When I did have my tongue pierced I always hit my bottom front teeth. It also fucked up my teeth and made them more crooked then they already were. Notice the lack of open-mouth smiling in my pictures.