Oral conditions related to use of the lip plug (ndonya) among the Makonde tribe in Tanzania

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 362-364

  Aanestad, Svein ^a   Poulsen, Sven ^a,b  

^a and Children   (Tanzania)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental anthropology; Tribal mutilations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TANZANIA; TOOTH DISEASE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MUTILATION; TANZANIA; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0030330855     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016359609003552     Document Type: Article

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