Uganda: False Teeth Extraction the Silent Killer of Many Bagisu Children

19 January 2005
opinion

Kampala — FOR all the time I have worked in Mbale, I have seen numerous traditional practices ranging from circumcision (Imbalu) to the removal of "bones" from the abdomen. None of these, however, has led to more deaths than "False teeth extraction" FTE.

It involves cutting of the upper and lower canine regions of a baby usually between the age of one week to nine months.

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