Prevalence and dental effects of infant oral mutilation or Ebiino among 3–5 year–old children from a rural district in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Ebiino, a form of Infant Oral Mutilation (IOM), involves the gauging or enucleation of primary canine tooth buds in infants, and is believed to be a form of remedy to a range of childhood diseases. The effects of this practice have ranged from the child experiencing excessive bleeding, o...

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Autores principales: Musinguzi, Norman, Kemoli, Arthur, Okullo, Isaac
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-019-0890-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-019-0890-6

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