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Health information sheets for clients -Oral piercing

Summary

Body piercing has become increasingly popular recently. In the past piercing was mostly limited to ears, but current trends include the tongue, the mouth and lips. Although popular, these can be some of the more dangerous areas of the body to get pierced.

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Epidemiology and Surveillance,
Communicable Disease - Prevention and Control,
Chief Health Officer and Health Protection,
Wellbeing, Integrated Care and Ageing,
Department of Health
50 Lonsdale Street,
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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