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Nail the Culprit: Dental Identification


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Forensic dentistry plays a major role in identification of deceased individuals. Dental identification of humans occurs for a number of different reasons and in a number of different situations. The bodies of victims of violent crimes fires, motor vehicle accidents and work place accidents can be disfigured to such an extent that identification by a family member is neither reliable nor desirable. Persons who have been deceased for some time prior to discovery and those found in water also present unpleasant and difficult visual identifications. Dental identifications have always played a key role in natural and manmade disaster situations and in particular the mass casualties normally associated with aviation disasters. Because of the lack of a comprehensive fingerprint database, dental identification continues to be crucial.

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Human Identification, Dental Identification, Bite Marks, DNA Profiling, Comparative Identification, Postmortem Profiling
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Authors

Ayush Razdan Singh
Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institutue of Dental & Medical Sciences, Chaudhary Vihar, Raebareilly Road, Lucknow, India

Abstract


Forensic dentistry plays a major role in identification of deceased individuals. Dental identification of humans occurs for a number of different reasons and in a number of different situations. The bodies of victims of violent crimes fires, motor vehicle accidents and work place accidents can be disfigured to such an extent that identification by a family member is neither reliable nor desirable. Persons who have been deceased for some time prior to discovery and those found in water also present unpleasant and difficult visual identifications. Dental identifications have always played a key role in natural and manmade disaster situations and in particular the mass casualties normally associated with aviation disasters. Because of the lack of a comprehensive fingerprint database, dental identification continues to be crucial.

Keywords


Human Identification, Dental Identification, Bite Marks, DNA Profiling, Comparative Identification, Postmortem Profiling

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