Editing Lip piercing (section)

== Health risks and complications ==
Studies have found people with lip piercings to have 4 to 7 times higher risk of [[gingival recession]] than people without piercing. Studies also found a higher percentage of [[dental trauma]] in people with lip piercings.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Leichter |first1=Jonathan W. |last2=Monteith |first2=Brian D. |date=February 2006 |title=Prevalence and risk of traumatic gingival recession following elective lip piercing |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00332.x |journal=Dental Traumatology |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=7–13 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00332.x |pmid=16422752 |issn=1600-4469}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hennequin-Hoenderdos |first1=Nl |last2=Slot |first2=De |last3=Van der Weijden |first3=Ga |date=February 2016 |title=The incidence of complications associated with lip and/or tongue piercings: a systematic review |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/idh.12118 |journal=International Journal of Dental Hygiene |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=62–73 |doi=10.1111/idh.12118 |issn=1601-5029}}</ref>