Browsing Internal Medicine by Subject "Enucleation of primary canines, infant oral mutilation, traditional dental practice"

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    • A Fatal Case of Infant Oral Mutilation Practice 

      Kemoli Arthur Musakulu, Immaculate Achieng Opondo (University of Nairobi, 2021)
      Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a traditional dental practice where traditional healers enucleate primary canine tooth buds in children in the hope of preventing or curing childhood illness. The method applied is ...