ArticleBMC oral health2018
Prevalence and impact of infant oral mutilation on dental occlusion and oral health-related quality of life among Kenyan adolescents from Maasai Mara.
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- Traditionally removed mandibular central incisors and oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study among adolescents in Maasai populated areas, Northern Tanzania.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- A pilot study on the global practice of informed consent in paediatric dentistry.Frontiers in oral health · 2024Article
- Oral Diseases and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Kenyan Children and Adolescents with HIV.JDR clinical and translational research · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Primary Tooth Extraction and Its Associated Factors Among Under-Five-Year-Old Children in Debre Tabor Town, North-Central Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- Infant oral mutilation: data collection, clinical management and public health guidelines.British dental journal · 2022Article
- The need for global safeguards for fundamental rights of children at risk of infant oral mutilation (IOM).BMJ global health · 2022Article
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- Prevalence of JP2 and Non-JP2 Genotypes ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A Fatal Case of Infant Oral Mutilation Practice.Contemporary clinical dentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInfant Oral Mutilation (IOM) includes germectomy and early extraction of primary and permanent incisors and canines, primarily in the lower jaw. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence and impact of IOM, involving the removal of mandibular permanent incisors and/or canines, on dental occlusion and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) among Kenyan adolescents from Maasai Mara.
methodsIn a cross-sectional study, 284 adolescents (14-18 yrs. of age) participated in an oral examination and an interview, using a structured questionnaire on age, gender, medical history, and IOM practice. For the analysis of the dental occlusion, participants with IOM, in terms of absence of two or more permanent teeth in the mandibular incisor and/or canine tooth segments (IOM group), were compared to participants who had all six incisors and canines present in the oral cavity (control group). OHRQoL was assessed using child perception questionnaire (CPQ11-14).
resultsThe majority of the participants (61%) had been exposed to IOM, among whom 164 (95%) had absence of two mandibular central incisors. More individuals in the IOM group had maxillary overjet exceeding 5 mm than in the control group (50.9% vs. 20%, p < 0.001). Nineteen (11%) subjects in the IOM group had mesial occlusion in contrast to none in the control group (p < 0.001). The mean and median total CPQ scores and the mean and median CPQ domain scores were low in both groups with no significant differences between the groups.
conclusionsApproximately two-thirds of the study population presented with IOM, with the majority of them missing two mandibular permanent central incisors. Although some participants with IOM had substantial maxillary overjet and mesial occlusion, only few of them showed substantial effect on their OHRQoL.
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