Labrets in Africa and Amazonia: Medical implications and cultural determinants
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in: Tropical Medicine and International Health, Jahrgang 22, Nr. 2, 01.02.2017, S. 232-240.
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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 -