کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3139724 1585085 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Ethnobotanical tattooing of the gingiva : Literature review and report of a case
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی دندانپزشکی، جراحی دهان و پزشکی
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Ethnobotanical tattooing of the gingiva : Literature review and report of a case
چکیده انگلیسی

ABSTRACTBackgroundTraditional gingival tattooing, practiced in Ethiopia and occasionally in other African and Middle Eastern nations, is performed for esthetic appeal or superstition, and it occasionally may be used as a homeopathic remedy for dental diseases. The authors provide a literature review and case report of this oral custom.Case DescriptionA 54-year-old woman from Ethiopia reported that she had undergone tattooing of the maxillary gingiva six years previously for analgesic management of undisclosed oral disease. The gingiva was pierced with a needle, tipped with lantern soot and resin from the plant Datura stramonium (an herb that possesses potent anticholinergic tropane alkaloids and has demonstrated in vitro antimicrobial activity). However, the patient admitted that this procedure had provided no reduction in the pain. Clinical examination was significant for a pronounced blue pigmentation of the maxillary gingiva, generalized mild periodontitis and several carious lesions.Clinical ImplicationsPractitioners should ascertain whether gingival tattooing had been performed when patients manifest unusual oral pigmentation and be aware of its use in folk medicine for various oral conditions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of the American Dental Association - Volume 138, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 1097–1101
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