Tooth mutilation in Angola.

A Jones

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807989

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Tooth mutilation in Angola.

A Jones

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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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A Jones. 1992-09-19. Tooth mutilation in Angola.. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807989

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