Infant oral mutilation in East Africa - therapeutic and ritual grounds.
This paper reviews the practice and ritual traditions of infant oral mutilation, drawing on a literature search in PubMed and Google Scholar, historical reports, relevant textbooks, NGO materials and personal observations of the authors.
Center for Natural and Cultural History of Man, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria.
Roland
R
Garve
Department of Quality Management and Accreditation, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany.
Miriam
M
Garve
Center for Natural and Cultural History of Man, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria.
Katharina
K
Link
Center for Natural and Cultural History of Man, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria.|Clinic for Reconstructive Dentistry and Temporomandibular Disorders, University Center of Dental Medicine Basel, School of Dental Medicine, Basel, Switzerland.
Jens C
JC
Türp
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.|Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Christian G
CG
Meyer
D000351:Africa, Eastern; D046289:Body Modification, Non-Therapeutic; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D014070:Tooth; D014081:Tooth Extraction
canine teeth; canines; deciduous teeth; dents de lait; dientes caninos; dientes de leche; extracción ritual; extraction rituelle; infant oral mutilation; mutilación oral infantil; mutilation orale infantile; pseudo thérapie; pseudoterapia; pseudotherapy; ritual extraction