A fatal case of infant oral mutilation practice

• मुख्य लेखकों: Arthur Musakulu Kemoli (लेखक), Immaculate Achieng Opondo (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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 heinous, painful, and carried out in unsterile environment, and this increases the morb...