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Comparative functional structure of the olfactory mucosa in the domestic dog and sheep.
(2010)
Olfactory acuity differs among animal species depending on age and dependence on smell. However, the attendant functional anatomy has not been elucidated. We sought to determine the functional structure of the olfactory ...
Analysis of dental casts of 6-8- and 12-year-old Kenyan children.
(2000)
Dental plaster casts of 97 6-8-year-old and 173 12-year-old Maasai, Kikuyu, and Kalenjin children were studied. The Kikuyu are Bantu, while Maasai and Kalenjin are Nilo-Hamitic subjects. The variables measured were palatal ...
Perceptions of primary health care with regard to corresponding knowledge, attitude and practices amongst the Kenyan Maasai
(2005)
OBJECTIVES:
In order to introduce a comprehensive intervention system to improve health, there is need to establish a profile of the Maasais' current knowledge, attitude and practices of predisposing environmental, cultural ...
Anterior tooth relations in Kenyan Africans
(1993)
Dental plaster casts of 235 Maasai, 116 Kikuyu and 61 Kalenjin children aged 3-16 yr were studied to determine the incidence and magnitude of diastemas, overbite, overjet and anterior open bite. The highest prevalence of ...
Quantitative and somatotopic mapping of neurones in the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus and ganglion innervating teeth in monkey and baboon
(1997)
Neurones of the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus (Mes V) and ganglion innervating the periodontium of incisor, canine and molar teeth in 10 monkeys and 10 baboons were counted and mapped using the horseradish peroxidase ...
Incidence of Carabelli's trait in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Examination for incidence of Carabelli's trait was done on 1267 Africans and 781 Asian school children, 298 dental plaster casts and 248 skulls of Africans. The African sample is composed of 80% Bantu, 20% Nilote, and ...
Estimation of calendar age from eruption times of permanent teeth in Kenyan Africans and Asians
(1982)
Eruption data for permanent teeth, obtained from a previous cross-sectional study of 2847 African and Asian school children aged 4-14 years in Nairobi, Kenya, were used to calculate the median age and the 10th-90th percentile ...
Social aspects of the dental health of the rural Maasai community in Kenya.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1994)
This paper establishes both dental treatment and dental health education needs among the rural Maasai communities of Kenya. The study also evaluates the prevalence and rationale of extraction of deciduous canine tooth buds ...
Biometric features of facial foramina in adult Kenyan skulls
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Several studies have indicated ethnic, age and sex-related variations in the position and size of the facial foramina. The present study reports the biometric features of the mental foramen (MF), and infraorbital (IO), ...