title: Tooth mutilation in Angola.
abstract: In common with many countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, some of the many tribes which comprise the indigenous population of Angola practise various forms of tooth mutilation. Three examples associated with distinctive tribes are described and compared with similar practices in neighbouring countries and their references from the literature.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000810:Angola; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D008297:Male; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000208:ethnology*