ArticleBritish dental journal2019
Infant oral mutilation in East Africa: eradication within ten years.
Article in British dental journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The Prevalence, Dental Complications, and Effects of Infant Oral Mutilation.International dental journal · 2024Pooled it
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- Deciduous Teeth Extraction Practice and Associated Factors Among Under Five-Years-Old Children in the Gambella Region, South West, Ethiopia: A Mixed Study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Infant oral mutilation: data collection, clinical management and public health guidelines.British dental journal · 2022Article
- Long-term dental implications of infant oral mutilation: a case series.British dental journal · 2021Article
- The Addis Ababa Declaration to end infant oral mutilation.British dental journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a widespread and dangerous traditional practice affecting 25 million children in East Africa. It involves the extraction of unerupted deciduous canine teeth in young infants owing to the corresponding swellings being mistaken as the cause of diarrhoea and fever. The rudimentary practice, undertaken by local healers, can sometimes be fatal. In 2018, a Call to Action was signed by a group of significant East African influencers and policy makers, urging for a strategy for IOM eradication within ten years.
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