Tooth and lip mutilation practices and associated tooth loss and oral mucosal lesions in the Makonde people of Southeast Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Fabian, F M ^a   Mumghamba, E G S ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY PIERCING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENTAL CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; TATTOOING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY PIERCING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SELF MUTILATION; TANZANIA; TATTOOING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 34547408966     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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