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Gum erosion from oral piercings with cheap metal?

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Maybe: It's not the type of metal. It's the metal rubbing on the gum tissue causing it to erode away. The same thing would happen with 24k gold. You should remove the oral piercings right away unless you want to risk losing teeth.

Answered 8/23/2012

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