Welbury R R, Nunn J H, Gordon P H, Green-Abate C
Department of Child Dental Health, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Dental School, England.
Quintessence Int. 1993 May;24(5):323-7.
Children and adolescents, aged 2 to 18 years, from 300 poor families in Addis Ababa were examined to determine the prevalence of the traditional practice of primary canine tooth removal. Fifteen percent of the primary canine teeth were found to have been affected, and 7% of the permanent canines had been damaged by this practice. A questionnaire to a subset of 40 families revealed some of the reasons that this procedure is still carried out, in spite of the considerable associated morbidity.
对亚的斯亚贝巴300个贫困家庭中年龄在2至18岁的儿童和青少年进行了检查，以确定拔除乳尖牙这一传统做法的流行情况。结果发现，15%的乳尖牙受到了影响，7%的恒尖牙因这种做法而受损。对40个家庭的一个子集进行的问卷调查揭示了尽管存在相当大的相关发病率，但仍进行这一手术的一些原因。
