The impact of ebinyo, a form of dental mutilation, on the malocclusion status in Uganda

Community Dental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-150

  Bataringaya, Aisha ^a,b   Ferguson, Maurice ^a   Lalloo, Ratilal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Dental mutilation; Ebinyo; False teeth; Malocclusion; Occlusal traits; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; DENTAL OCCLUSION, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UGANDA;

EID: 24744458582     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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