The Pan African Medical Journal (Dec 2014)

Self inflicted human teeth bites: a case report

  • Satinder Pal Singh,
  • Akashdeep Aggarwal,
  • Sumeet Kaur,
  • Dalbir Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.353.4561
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 353

Abstract

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Human infighting has been a part of our civilization since times immemorial. These incidences may go unnoticed or may attract attention of law enforcing agencies depending upon the severity of the offence. Though weapons are generally employed to inflict injuries, rare cases have been reported in literature where human teeth have been used to serve this purpose. Human bites may be self inflicted or self suffered in connivance with others to level an allegation against an adversary. We are presenting here such a case where such injuries were produced to bring a false charge against a neighbor.

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