Tooth Wear in Guaviare’s Nomadic Tribe Nukak Maku: Preliminary Study
Background: The Nukak Maku is a nomadic group whose subsistence is based mainly on hunting and harvesting, activities that like in others indigenous tribes are related to tooth wear. They live in the area between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in the department of Guaviare (Colombian Amazon). Pres...
| Autor Principal: | Cancino Angarita, Stella Alejandra; Pontificia Universidad javeriana |
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| Otros Autores: | Gasca Ariza, Ivonne Marina; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Torres Salazar, Carolina Mabel; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Güiza Cristancho, Édgar Humberto; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Moreno Abello, Gloria Cristina; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2010
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revUnivOdontologica/article/view/1027 |
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Background: The Nukak Maku is a nomadic group whose subsistence is based mainly on hunting and harvesting, activities that like in others indigenous tribes are related to tooth wear. They live in the area between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in the department of Guaviare (Colombian Amazon). Presently, they are severely affected by a combination of illness, violence and neglect by local and national governments. Aim: Identify the presence of tooth ear, its severity and distribution regarding gender and age. Methods: The target population was 47 peasants living in the Barrancón indigenous shelter nearby the city of San José del Guaviare (25 males and 22 females, 20 adults and 27 children). The sample consisted of 17 of them. Clinical examination was performed and model casts were analyzed in order to determine tooth wear through the Guerasimov-Zoubov scale. Results: Generalized tooth wear was found, which was more severe among incisors than molars. The degree of severity was greater in the older group (35 to 45 years of age) and in the female population, where the grade 4 was more frequent. Conclusions: We believe that all the subjects show tooth wear likely related to their habits and living style. |
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