귀트영 20101123 뉴스 스크립트

Tongue piercings 'can cause damage to teeth'

People with tongue piercings risk developing gaps between their front teeth as a result of playing with the stud, US researchers have found.
The research team says as well as potentially requiring cosmetic work, people can develop infections and chipped teeth.
They said that people with tongue piercings were likely to push the metal stud up against their teeth and consequently cause gaps and other problems to arise.
Sawsan Tabbaa, professor of orthodontics at the University of Buffalo, detailed the 26-year-old's case in the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics.
The patient had no space between her teeth before wearing a barbell-shaped tongue stud.
However, a space had appeared between her upper front teeth over the course of the seven years she had worn it for, because the metal bar was pushed against and between the teeth.
The patient ended up needing braces to correct the gap in her teeth.
Professor Tabbaa concluded that tongue piercings could result in serious injuries, not just to teeth.
Piercings have also been associated with haemorrhages, infections, trauma to the gums and, in the worst cases, brain abscesses.
Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, said: "In order to avoid such health problems, along with the spiralling costs of any related treatment, I would advise people to stay clear of tongue piercings."

[ 원문 : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10892773 ]

Words and sentence on air
* stud : 짧은 막대. 장신구
   studded jacket : 반짝이는 징 같은 것이 박혀 있는 자켓
* chip : (컵이나 접시 등의) 이가 빠지다.
* orthodontics : 치열교정학
* braces : 치열교정기
* haemorrhage : 피가 많이 나오는 것. 출혈
* brain abscess : 뇌에 생기는 농양
   abscess : 고름, 농양
* spiral : 나선형. 조절할 수 없는 상황으로 치닫다. 통제불능인

* cosmetic work : 성형
* develop infection : 감염이 진행되다.
* end up : ~상태로 되다. 상태로 끝나다.
* result in ~ : ~인 결과를 초래하다.
* trauma to the gum : 잇몸에 외상이 생기다.
* gum : 잇몸
* spiralling costs : 급등하는 가격
* to stay clear of something : ~으로부터 멀리하다. ~을 하지마라. ~을 피하라.