Study: 94% Probability Biting Lip Once Will Result In Second Bite In Same F**king Spot

YeeeOww! Millions have found out that Bite Puncture Syndrome is no joke.

You’ve done it a dozen times — bit into a crisp apple and taken part of your lip, tongue or cheek with it. Then, seconds later, you do it again… in exactly the same spot!

Dentists say that eating celery and other hard snacks is asking for trouble, as they require higher bite pressure reducing bite control and increasing the chance of a bloody lip.

Well, you’ll be glad to know that you’re not alone. According to dental researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, nearly 100% of adult Americans accidentally bite down on mouth tissue severely enough to require medical treatment each year. And this common occurrence even has a name — Bite Puncture Syndrome or BPS.

A recent study at MGH concluded that not only do most people suffer unintentional bites to their lips, cheeks, or tongues, but there’s a 94% probability they’ll do it again within seconds and hit the same damn spot. These nips to sensitive mouth tissue can cause severe pain lasting from several minutes to an hour, draw blood, and lead to swelling at the wound site effectively treated with ice.

World-renowned oral surgeon, Dr. Raymond Sistel, became interested in BPS after carelessly puncturing his own lip while eating a hard pretzel.

“For years patients have come in wondering if it’s just them or does everyone bite the inside of their mouths while eating,” said Dr. Donald Sistel, an oral surgeon at MGH who initiated the study. “Many are relieved to learn that it’s not just careless idiots like themselves who can’t control their bite, lopping off pieces of their own mouths — nearly everyone does it at some time or another.”

Dr. Sistel has a few simple suggestions for avoiding BPS. First, don’t talk while chewing. Second, avoid hard, crisp foods that require increased bite pressure, reducing bite control and interfering with bite alignment. Third, if you do puncture the inside of your mouth, don’t just keep eating like a vulgar slob — stop, swallow, rest, then bite again.

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