CHOUMPS: CLUE TO FORENSIC ODONTOLOGIST
Dr Mamta Malik, Dr Kanwalpreet Kaur, *Dr Sanjeev Laller and Dr Pooja Sheokand
ABSTRACT
Sir, the concept of decorating or enhancing teeth by tattoos, grooves, carvings and adornments or mutilatory practices, is actually very ancient and continues to be performed in some contemporary societies. This is carried out for a variety of reasons like motives related to aesthetics, self expression and concepts of beautification to motives which are extremely complex like superstitions, punishment, spiritual and religious. The purpose of tattooing varies from culture to culture, person to person and time to time.[1,2]
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