Him: Prince Albert piercing. Her: Veneers on front teeth. Advice?

November 26, 2013 8:50 AM

If all goes well, this weekend I will have my first encounter with a Prince Albert piercing. I am very excited about this prospect, but I'm also concerned about breaking the veneers on my two front teeth. Other than the obvious "be careful!" is there anything else I should know or do? Even better, is this really not a problem I need to worry about?

I don't know exactly what style it is; once things are more imminent I'll be totally comfortable having this conversation with my gentleman friend but I wanted to get some general feedback first. Assume that I have no issues with the sexual aspects of this and am only concerned about having to deal with expensive dental work.

(Posted by sock puppet to preserve the privacy of someone who may not want the world to know about his piercing.)

posted by Schlock Puppet to Health & Fitness (5 answers total)

This actually is a potential problem that you need to be very very cautious about.

I used to manage a dental office, and this is a problem that we had come into the office once, genders reversed.

Replacing veneers is not unheard of (they fail sometimes, for all sorts of reasons). The odds are that for one instance, there would be no problem. But it's like eating nuts or popcorn kernels with a crown. There might be a problem, and if there is, it is an expensive problem.
posted by bilabial at 9:02 AM on November 26, 2013 [1 favorite]

Oh. We also saw people come in who had broken their natural teeth on piercings (this happened more than once!) so, you won't be in any particularly rare company if you run into trouble. The dentist will not be shocked, but it will be expensive.
posted by bilabial at 9:04 AM on November 26, 2013

You could get yourself a low-profile mouthguard, if you're really worried. These mould very tightly to your teeth shape: http://www.sisuguard.com/. They can be a bit cheesegratery but if you cover your teeth with your lip it probably wouldn't be an issue.
posted by corvine at 9:22 AM on November 26, 2013 [1 favorite]

You can ask the dude to take it out temporarily. It's not a huge big deal to do unless the piercing itself is quite new, in which case it is not a good idea to do sexin up stuff in the first place.
posted by elizardbits at 9:28 AM on November 26, 2013

Check your memail.
posted by likeatoaster at 9:41 AM on November 26, 2013