I have a piercing. Im 24 and my piercing was done at 17. It can take 6 months to a year to heal. she needs to keep it clean daily with Gylocide and listerine , everytime she eats she should rinse her mouth. As far as tooth chipping, that because the balls are too big
( lol.. that dosent sound right but you get me). I have a small ball bearing and small ends because i may be loud but have a small mouth. There are different types of ball bearings, balls and they even have some that are flat ontop to make it unnoticable. I got my piecing because i like the look, but i also wasnt the ridiculous teen walking around with my tongue sticking out. Most people dont even know i have one. I'm not a mom but i have a lil sister. if she wants the piecring, take away all of her other goodies, cell phone, pc, video games systems, she cant go out the summer, i could stay here all night thinking of punishments
. One thing i wanted to also mention, the tongue will take that long to heal so the opening will stay...but if you want that the entire thing close up, she can remove the ring now and clean her tongue as she would have if she had it on. sucking on ice helps the swelling if she put ice right away. the reason people get infected when they remove the ring so soon is because they assume that since the rring isnt on they dont have to keep on with the treatment. the treatment ( ring or not) is to keep the tongue from infecting. hope this help.