Sylvain Haba
Centre Médico-Spiritual Tradi koumi Talitha, Guinea
Title: Oral care and traditional practices harmful to the teeth in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
Biography
Biography: Sylvain Haba
Abstract
In Guinea the oral diseases have long been given the importance for health instead tooth brushes plants were used because of their effects, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibiotic. 1) Phyllanthus floribunda -family euphorbiacéa 2) Alchornea cordifolia -Family: euphorbiacea 3) the Gongrenema latifolia -family asclépiadacéa 4) Hyppocratéa indica Family: hyppocratacé. Oral infections were treated with honey, citrus juice and medical leaves Euphorbia hirta children, were added sheets phyllanthus floribunda adults. Today modern toothbrushes and toothpaste are used to reduce the risks and complications dough. These are the traditional practices affecting the health dangerously. Weakening the role of the teeth (mechanical digestion), the risk of tetanus and HIV by cutting the teeth.