General abstract
British Dental Journal 191, 98 - 102 (2001)
Published online: 28 July 2001 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801106
Dental anthropology:
Dental transfigurements in Borneo
A Jones1
- Examples of dental 'mutilation' by the indigenes of Borneo
- The consolidation of sparse references from numerous sources
- Facilitation for anthropological comparison and cross-reference
Abstract
Dental transfigurement, formerly termed dental mutilation, has been practised by many societies worldwide. This article gives many of the forms that have been attributed to the indigenes of the island of Borneo. The method has been performed by review of anthropological books, sparse dental references, Borneo research literature, and popular writing.
'......ride rough-shod over my teeth; I have been sawed, hacked, chopped whittled, bewitched, bewildered, tattooed......' S. J. Perelman (Crazy Like a Fox)
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