TY - JOUR

T1 - Labrets in Africa and Amazonia

T2 - Medical implications and cultural determinants

AU - Garve, Roland

AU - Garve, Miriam

AU - Türp, Jens C.

AU - Meyer, Christian G.

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - The custom of wearing labrets has a long tradition. Labrets appeared independently several thousand years ago in various culture groups in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Today, apart from diverse body modifications as increasingly practiced in western civilisations, lip plates and plugs are found among a small number of tribal groups only in Africa and Amazonia. We summarise the history of labrets in different societies, describe medical consequences of wearing lip plates and plugs for jaws and teeth and address relevant cultural issues.

AB - The custom of wearing labrets has a long tradition. Labrets appeared independently several thousand years ago in various culture groups in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Today, apart from diverse body modifications as increasingly practiced in western civilisations, lip plates and plugs are found among a small number of tribal groups only in Africa and Amazonia. We summarise the history of labrets in different societies, describe medical consequences of wearing lip plates and plugs for jaws and teeth and address relevant cultural issues.

KW - Abrasion

KW - Africa

KW - Amazonia

KW - Crowding

KW - Cultural identity

KW - Gingival retraction

KW - Labrets

KW - Lip plates

KW - Lip plugs

KW - Malocclusion

KW - Malposition of teeth

KW - Health sciences

KW - Cultural studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85007385010&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/tmi.12812

DO - 10.1111/tmi.12812

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 27862688

AN - SCOPUS:85007385010

VL - 22

SP - 232

EP - 240

JO - Tropical Medicine and International Health

JF - Tropical Medicine and International Health

SN - 1360-2276

IS - 2

ER -